Die Hard - Conjure The Legions - review
Die Hard - Conjure The Legions - review
Tracklist
01. Conjure The Legions02. Masters Of Deceit
03. Satanic Uprise
04. Thrash Them All
05. Cold Scythe
06. Sanctify The Morbid
07. Antichrist
08. Stand Up
09. Robe And Crown
A review by
wormdrink414 September 23, 2012
It feels (doesn't always sound) like a hand reached out to the growing and re-organizing metalhead troops demanding Darkthrone/Aura Noir-like speedy, old-school rawness with their metal, which made me immediately want to enjoy it. Ultimately, though, it's an example of a reckless-sounding, raw, riff-first kinda deal that just doesn't quite work. The musicianship frequently sounds flat and flavorless, and the production-qualities are too Cloroxy and boring. It's not the kind of album to keep a stomp in your step and beers in your hands.
That said, though, there are powerful moments strewn throughout. The more mid-paced, thrash-based riffing is pretty humdrum and tedious in the end, but there are chunks of more black n death-style stuff with more tremelos and blasts that sound fucking excellent, and there are a number of in-your-face-style solos guaranteed to keep fists clenched and elbows cocked. A good thing for a deathy thrash disc to have. It's just that the album is constantly teetering between sounding close-to-top-notch and boring as fuck.
The vocals are solid, the drummer is skilled, and the bass sounds great when you can hear it, but everything is brought down by the frequent meanderings into flaccid and heard-it-before riffing and songwriting here.
There's just not a lot here to keep anyone excited for very long. It should be fun enough for a quick spin or two, but don't expect it to keep you engaged and make you want to come back for more.
Rating breakdown
| Performance: | 8 |
| Songwriting: | 6 |
| Originality: | 5 |
| Production: | 6 |
Written on 23.09.2012 by
Written on 23.09.2012 by
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Posts: 3650 Written by Mattybu on 23.09.2012 at 06:14 I had a similar thought 
---- I hate bonus tracks
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Should probably have looked up "blase" before throwing it into a review.
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