Although there's a shortage of risks in the songwriting department and not much innovation on display, Bedtime Prayers is a pleasant, fairly cohesive alternative death metal album. Blinded Colony remind me quite a lot of Mnemic, although I'm also getting Sonic Syndicate vibes; y'know, if the latter band was more competent and didn't fade into relative obscurity quickly. The harsh and sung vocals by Johan "Shellback" Schuster are on point for the most part, while this record's musicianship can become rather punishing at times (though not mindlessly so, it's safe to say). "Revelation, Now!" is an instant earworm, as are "Once Bitten, Twice Shy" and "21st Century Holocaust".
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