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<\/a><\/p>\nGuitarist Harry Granroth is the founder of RAM and this is their fourth release. It is already four years ago that their latest album ‘Death’ came out. Two years ago, Daniel Johansson (guitar) quit the band for personal reasons, but they found a replacement with Martin Johnsson. Most\u00a0of the new songs are written by Harry and vocalist Oscar\u00a0Carlquist. The style isn’t very different from what we are used from the\u00a0band and that is just the way I like it – old school heavy metal with a\u00a0modern production.<\/p>\n
Imagine we go forward 40 years and the members of bands like Judas Priest, Accept, Mercyful Fate, Iron Maiden, King Diamond\u00a0and Hell are sitting around a table in heaven (or hell) and are\u00a0quarreling about which band to play next. Instead of fighting each other to play an album of their own band, this new album of RAM is the perfect\u00a0compromise for all.<\/p>\n
Opener “Return Of the Iron Tyrant” sounds like a King\u00a0Diamond song with Halford as a singer, or should I say that it sounds like the band Hell? Oscar is a good singer,\u00a0using his high, but also more raspy and lower voice.\u00a0Switching from high to low and back sounds very natural and very easy for\u00a0him. The songs\u00a0are very melodic and have strong riffs and excellent solos.\u00a0“Eyes of the Night”\u00a0has a fast Iron Maiden riff reminding somewhat of “Be Quick Or Be Dead”. After two rather fast tracks, “The Usurper” is a lot slower, but with\u00a0“Enslaver”, they speed\u00a0up again. I hear\u00a0early Vicious Rumors in this track and that makes it\u00a0one of the best tracks on the album for me.<\/p>\n
With “Holy Death”, the high quality of the songs continues without\u00a0boring for one moment. Except “Terminus”,\u00a0which\u00a0isn’t a real song, but just an instrumental with some keyboard sounds. “Forbidden Zone” is blessed with a strong riff and King Diamond influences. The last two tracks breath a very dark melancholy atmosphere. With a nice choir in the dark and bombastic song “Temples of Void” and the spooky title track , the band has created the perfect ending of a fine album.<\/p>\n
Fans of the\u00a0bands I mentioned and also Portrait fanswill\u00a0have something to spend their\u00a0money on this month.<\/p>\n
Tracklist:<\/h4>\n
01. Return Of the Iron Tyrant
\n02. Eyes Of the Night
\n03. The Usurper
\n04. Enslaver
\n05. Holy Death
\n06. Terminus
\n07. The Omega Device
\n08. Forbidden Zone
\n09. Temples Of Void
\n10. Svbversvm<\/p>\n
Playing time: <\/strong>49:00<\/p>\n Release date: <\/strong>30 October, 2015<\/p>\n Label:<\/strong> Metal Blade Records<\/p>\n Website: <\/strong>ram-metal.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"