The Swedish label, Nighttripper are back with their 3rd
release. Despite the name and title, this is a Swedish band and features
members from a number of Swedish Death and Trash metal bands Talion, Phidion,
Melting Flesh, Bloodbanner and Protector. This five piece play stuff that is
more influenced by the dark Italian metal scene and bands like Pentagram,
Trouble and Mercyful Fate. The CD starts off with the Wolf’s Hook and I really
like the vocals of Martin Missy (Protector) and the grooves and heavy riff on
this track. Reminds me a bit of Mercyful Fate without the guitar solos and
screams. Son of Tutankhamen is another 7 min riff monster with powerful vocals
and some dark stuff mixed with more stoner rock style stuff but still no solos.
Svantovit starts with a cool funky bass line and melodic groove with a cool
flangy guitar before they kick into their standard sound plus some keyboards. The
Fourth Earl is the 4th track and you might start to tire a bit of
the same style riffing and vocal style, which is similar to what you heard on
the first two tracks: mid paced Doom-stoner riffing. Octaman is a bit doomier
and some nice harmony guitars that remind you a bit of Trouble but with no
guitar solos. Charles the Hammer has a more stoner groove going but they also
use the harmony guitars nicely and this one reminds me of Candlemass during the
vocal chorus parts. There are some keyboards on this one as well. Exterminate
starts with a spoken word piece from some classic movie before the doomy riff
kick in on this most melodic track also with mood keyboards and a sing a long
like chorus part. The record ends with The Lost World, which starts a bit like
a movie soundtrack song for a horror film and then it takes off and could fit
in with any other track on the record. I like the brief bit of wah guitar that
kicks in now and then, where it sounded like he might actually play a solo. This
is a pretty cool record but the guitar players just keep it very simple with
riff after riff and never really go anywhere very exciting with their playing
and just play it safe all the time. There is not a single real guitar solo on
the entire record!
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