This is the second album by these
Italian maniacs, who appears in a different form compared to what
fans of their earlier stuff might would have expected. While their
previous album was pretty much all about Hellhammer/Celtic
Frost-worshipping, this album is something completely different.
Actually something as unexpected as a pure 100% heavy metal album.
The only traces that remains of
black/thrash/black/whatever are basically the vocals, which makes it reminding a lot
of the latest album by Pest (Swe). Desaster is mentioned in the
press-release as well, and it sure reminds of what they did with
Tyrants Of The Netherworld, but Barbarian are looking even further
back, to a time when there were only heavy metal or no metal
at all. With a clean voice, this could just as well have been some
obscure heavy/speed metal album, with some evil elements, from 1983 or
something. I think it's a very interesting move to look back
in music history and create something more original than most similar
bands.
So, to sum it up, this is definitely a very old school, yet fresh sounding album. Some might find the production a bit too clean, but myself I have no such problems. It makes the riffs and songs stand out and adds another bit of new thinking to the regressiveness. 7/10 /H
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