Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Fallen Angels/Engines Of Oppression/Metal On Metal Records/2010 CD Review


  Fallen  Angels  are  a  band  from  Seattle,  Washington  that  has  had  their  previous album  reviewed  in  this  zine  with  a  musical  style  that  mixes  death  and  thrash  metal  together  and  this  is  a  review  of  their 2010  album  "Engines  Of  Oppression"  which  was  released  by  Metal  On  Metal  Records.

  Drums  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  drumming  with  some  blast  beats  being  thrown  into  the  music  at  times,  while  the  bass  playing  is  not  as  powerful  as  the  last  recording  but  you  can  still  hear  it  times  and  it  seems  to  follow  the  riffing  that  is  coming  out  of  the  guitars  while  still  sounding  very  powerful  at  times  with  some  heavy  bass  leads.

  Rhythm  guitars  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  riffs  that  combine  influences  from  both  death  and  thrash  metal  together  along  with  some  melody  being  thrown  into  the  riffing,  while  the  lead  guitars are  very  melodic  and  technical  sounding  guitar  solos  and  leads  adding  in  more  traditional  and  classic  metal  influences  that where  not  so  much  on  the  last  recording,  as  for  the  classical  guitars  which  are  only  used  a  great  amount  on  this  album  they  use  finger  picking  and  full  chords  to  add  more  variety  to  this  recording.

  Vocals  are  mostly  traditional  sounding  thrash  growls,  shouts  and  screams  with  some  gang  back  up  vocals  while  still  retaining  some  of  the  death  metal  influenced  growls  of  the  last  album,  while  the  lyrics  cover  violent  and  everyday  themes,  as  for  the  production  it  has  a  very  strong,  powerful,  heavy and  professional  sound  where  you  can hear  all  of  the  musical  instruments  that  are  present  on  the  recording

  In  my  opinion  this  is  another  great  recording  from  Fallen  Angels  that  shows  alot  more  progression  as  well  as  a  more straight  forward  thrash  sound  then  the  last  recording  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  band,  you  should  enjoy  this  one  as  well.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Engines  Of  Oppression"  "Rebirth"  "Legacy  Of  Pain"  and  "Laid  To  Rest".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.

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