The previous album by Meliah Rage,
Dead To The World (also released by Metal On Metal), was something as
unusual as a modern thrash metal album that I actually liked. Time
now has come for the follow-up, under the name of Warrior. Before the
music even starts I observe that the tracklist looks very good, eight
songs is just enough, which many modern bands seems to have some
difficulties to understand. After all, these guys are from the 80's,
and knows how an album should be constructed.
Nothing is won until the quality of
the music itself is inspected though, and unfortunately, I don't find
this album as appealing as their previous offering. The songs just
aren't as memorable, and the new vocalist is very different, almost
make them sound like a different band. More in the vein of Testament
and Exodus with Zetro, rather than the almost entirely clean vocals
on Dead To This World, which felt a bit more original. It's far away
from a failure though, songs like Stranger To Your Sympathy, A Dying
Day and In Hate indicates that they aren't to be counted out yet, but
the great moments are simply just to few and too many of the 42
minutes don't reach any further than the insidious “ok/pretty good
but not more”-impression.
It never gets close to being bad
though, and it must be said once again that this modern approach is
definitely not my cup of tea, which makes it even more impressive
that they manages to maintain my attention throughout the whole
album. Which proves that they're probably among the best in their
business. 5.5/10 /H
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