Post by The Centurion on Jun 5, 2008 12:22:31 GMT -5
Grave Forsaken-Destined for Ascension
Released-2008
Label-Rowe Productions
Style-Total Thrashing Goodness
Grave Forsaken is BACK! Not only are they back but they are better than ever. This may come as a somewhat biased review as you would just have to see how much this band has improved since the demo CD they sent me a couple years ago. This is their second full length album and they arent showing any signs of stopping in the near future.
The scoop is, is that Grave Forsaken have somewhat abandon their classic metal roots and have gone for a more straight ahead thrash metal sound. Songs like Warriors of Light, Perish the Thought, Punishment, and Destined for Ascension thrash ahead with an intensity that I always knew they were capable of. One thing that can always be counted on with Grave Forsaken is variety. This band will never release an album of 10 songs that all sound the same. Influences on this album include thrash, death metal, classic metal, power metal, and even some doom metal, but mostly thrash. The guitarwork has improved ten fold with more doses of speed, heavyness, and some quality soloing. Vocal duties are shared by several band members to keep things interesting. One song may be done is a traditional thrash metal shouting style whereas the next one could be done entirely in gutteral death metal vocals. To add to the spice there are even some guest vocals done by Mortification's Steve Rowe. The drumming has improved as well with more double bass and just generally more speed. The band experiements with some less traditional song structures as heard on the songs Horror and Sadness and The Road to Damascus. The production value has increased significantly since 2006's Beside the River of Blood.
Lyrically Grave Forsaken has not changed much, but that is hardly a bad thing. There is never anything wrong with a band sticking to their guns about their beliefs and attitudes. I think some of Grave Forsaken's lyrics would not go over so well with a non believer, but with the muscal bar being raised with every album I doubt the lyrics would get in the way of someones enjoyment of the music, and hopefully with an open mind they may be able to see the message GF is trying to reach them with.
Reviewed by Dan.
Released-2008
Label-Rowe Productions
Style-Total Thrashing Goodness
Grave Forsaken is BACK! Not only are they back but they are better than ever. This may come as a somewhat biased review as you would just have to see how much this band has improved since the demo CD they sent me a couple years ago. This is their second full length album and they arent showing any signs of stopping in the near future.
The scoop is, is that Grave Forsaken have somewhat abandon their classic metal roots and have gone for a more straight ahead thrash metal sound. Songs like Warriors of Light, Perish the Thought, Punishment, and Destined for Ascension thrash ahead with an intensity that I always knew they were capable of. One thing that can always be counted on with Grave Forsaken is variety. This band will never release an album of 10 songs that all sound the same. Influences on this album include thrash, death metal, classic metal, power metal, and even some doom metal, but mostly thrash. The guitarwork has improved ten fold with more doses of speed, heavyness, and some quality soloing. Vocal duties are shared by several band members to keep things interesting. One song may be done is a traditional thrash metal shouting style whereas the next one could be done entirely in gutteral death metal vocals. To add to the spice there are even some guest vocals done by Mortification's Steve Rowe. The drumming has improved as well with more double bass and just generally more speed. The band experiements with some less traditional song structures as heard on the songs Horror and Sadness and The Road to Damascus. The production value has increased significantly since 2006's Beside the River of Blood.
Lyrically Grave Forsaken has not changed much, but that is hardly a bad thing. There is never anything wrong with a band sticking to their guns about their beliefs and attitudes. I think some of Grave Forsaken's lyrics would not go over so well with a non believer, but with the muscal bar being raised with every album I doubt the lyrics would get in the way of someones enjoyment of the music, and hopefully with an open mind they may be able to see the message GF is trying to reach them with.
Reviewed by Dan.