The mid and late 90s saw a lot of Swedish death metal bands transition to a more melodic style - Edge of Sanity, Hypocrisy, Necrophobic and even Dismember. Afflicted's second and final album was also part of that trend, although whether it qualifies as melodeath is debatable at best. While the swedeath chunky guitar sound and production job remain, the vocals have been replaced with triumphant power metal cleans, and the songwriting also takes more cues from trad/power metal. The first two tracks channel Painkiller-era Priest surprisingly well, and you can also hear some Maiden and 80s Manowar on some of the later ones. That said it's somewhat inconsistent and largely lacking the tech/prog inclinations of its predecessor.
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