| I don't know about you guys but when I listen to Soilwork I'm not expecting groundbreaking heavy metal. I go to Soilwork when I want to hear sick guitar harmonies, great screaming harmonies and vocals, and some god damn attitude. I want the cookie cutter verse-chorus-verse and I want the riffs that underlie those to be sick as fuck. That is all. That's what this album does. There are some misses for me though. I really don't like Vultures and I think Death, I Hear You Calling is their laziest song. On the other hand, you have songs like Overgivenheten, Electric Again, Is It in Your Darkness, and Harvest Fucking Spine that showcase the best of their new sound. Yes, this album is New Soilwork by the numbers, but New Soilwork is good music and this iteration is just that. It does what it needs to do, no more, no less. Good fucking music. |
