| CD REVIEW Soilwork |
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Band: Soilwork Well, what can I say about this so-called ‘major’ Extreme Metal band from Sweden? I certainly could appreciate the band’s earliest releases, yet as from their change towards a more ‘accessible’ and modernised form of 21st century’s melodic Thrash / Death / Metalcore, I never got an orgasm while listening to disappointing turn-offs as from the start of their Nuclear Blast-contract. Don’t get me (completely) wrong… These guys do know how to handle their instruments, the song writing as well as the performance are done professional, and the tracks are interspersed with successful technical experiments and an energy that sort of lets my head bang a little… And I have to admit I need to accept the fact that this band progresses again. The Panic Broadcast is more interes-…, pardon me, less flat, predictable and annoying as on the last albums. The tracks surely are energetic, aggressive and, at the same time, melodious, and a few times a part or a tempo-change grabs my attention.
But let’s not exaggerate: The Panic Broadcast is Soilwork’s strongest recording in years, thank you very much… Duration: forty eight minutes. 70/100 Ivan Tibos. |