Forced Order-Vanished Crusade

Track 1. New Forms- Your ears descend into complete chaos. A sick guitar riff jumps about in a way that could splatter your brains into a thousand pieces like a mystical hammer. Really digging the occasional squeals. Powerful drumming too. I feel like they started off great just wish the track would have been longer. I really liked where it was heading.

Track 2. Unexist- So it would seem that the first track was merely and intro for this track. The same riff seems to have trickled into this track with a force of mighty hell. Loving the thick aggressive guitar, as well as the insane lead licks. There are changes here and there they keep things interesting and your attention well placed.

Track 3. Turn The Knife- An instant explosion of percussive anger starts this random strike of metal. There's a dark and delicious rupture of maddening filth here. Digging the hell out of it, but it seems to end way too soon.

Track 4. Sense Walker- A winding noise of random freaky sensations quickly turns into a groove to be reckoned with. Exceptional raw aggression here along with a fine tuned melody that rips and tears about nicely. Great material though the track just does not open up enough for you to enjoy it.

Track 5. The Pain Enclosed- Overbearing distortion quickly takes control over everything. The feeling of this song is, don't fuck with me today! The percussion slams about a crisp and well timed groove giving the song a well conceived back bone. Bass lines are an evil slither of creative delight. Vocals march forth like a snake on the prowl, loving the expression and pure passion there. Though you get some great things from this track, it does not open up enough for you to fully enjoy it, this has become a theme, or more less a consistent thing occurring through this album thus far, little pieces of awesome.

Track 6. Blind To Trust- Your thrown right into the fire in the beginning. Absolute pain and aggression. Loving the riffs here they throw your mind about into a forged mind fucked process. I enjoyed the short lived melody along with the powerful drums. Vocals were delivering quite well as usual, but another short lived track.

Track 7. Forced Order- Slapping and cracking upon the snare and a whip into the action begins this. It seems like an all out war that's been waged. Sick and insane guitar melodies, loving the leads. Dark yet well crunch rhythms that could grind your life to a halt. A hard hitting track, but it does not exist long enough for you to thoroughly enjoy it, great material just not enough of it. Vocals consist of their similar awesome yet dynamic presence.

Track 8. Retribution- A complete scream of agony starts the terror off quite well. Your ears are treated to a selective groove that would seemingly theme any mosh pit quite well. The music actually opens up, introducing more melody and subtle syncopation changes. Loving the changes the aggression and as well as the thorough creativity! A definitely good track to do some head banging to, though still a bit shorter, it left me wanting more. Though it did open up more than the previous tracks, so some progress on that front.

Track 9. Ischys- A growing foreboding bass guitar instills it's presence quite well into your frame of fucked up mind. A slithering lead guitar runs about slowly across your mind, with it's evil dance of sinful melody. Loved the feel of this one, way too fucking short. A hell of a lot of awesome here.

Track 10 - Seven Realms of Fear- Your treated to well established nerve inducing jolts of fear. The vocals grab upon your own throat with a measure of violence ready to choke you with a complete utter anger. Powerful drumming though I wish there was more of a fluid feel to the song, excellent melody though. They do one thing for damn sure convey what they mean to push outwards quite well. Another taste of awesome all around of course, thoroughly enjoying everything I hear.

Track 11. Disintegrate- They continue with their well flavored touch of hell here. Aggression and catchy riffs may be in short supply, but for what they lack in long tracks, they do not lack in quality. Loving the exposed chugging elements. I absolutely dig the fuck out of the song as it opens up wide to kill you just right! Man, I totally loved this fucking song! Excellent shit.

Track 12. March of the Diseased- Instant poundings upon the rhythmic surroundings suddenly die, only to come back from a death to become something quite powerful. A well placed groove snatches your ears with a grinding reality that we all hate to admit actually exists. They turn the musical flow into quite a few directions on this track, exposing you to evil delights that just quench your hunger, though your ears become greedy and you want MORE! They honestly remind me of a very heavy band that I only just came upon whom I dig the sound of, this band has some definite potential to make something of themselves. Delicious and well defined bass guitar lines. Loving the hard pressed stop and go action with the drums and guitar. They did some decent work wit crescendos and decrescendos. The music open's up quite well, just wish they would have done that more through the album.

Track 13. Dechrau- A fuzzy crackle of uncertainty begins the track with a mere question. I love how the dangerous yet creepy melody wind together in a harmonic balance creating something so beautiful yet awesome. Another great taste of awesome from this band, but absolutely too damn short, one can only wonder how damn good this track may have become, with this EPIC intro.

Track 14. Allanfa- The fuzzy crackle is used as the intro seemingly again though its much shorter lived. Something quite disturbing begins to come together. Delicate and fury filled melodies announce themselves carefully. A vocalist speaks though you can not hear what this person says, it's almost like mumbling. This track never really has any heavy distorted guitar or drums. Just crazy melodies derived from nearly non musical components that we use in everyday life, though interesting none the less and a genius way to end the album. Overall from start to finish it's been a taste of great, annoying, awesome, and weird. In places your ears are treated to excellent parts that you just want more of. Through out this album it's mostly a taste of awesome consistently. Vocals were quite powerful as are the drum parts. Guitar parts massively impressive both rhythm and lead. My only major complaint some tracks seemed like intros for others that followed behind them. And way too many tracks were just a taste of awesome that did not fully open up to see how great they could become, in other words they were short lived pieces that did not reach their full potential. But I did really, and I mean really dig this music overall. As I said before, it's a taste of awesome! All of the pieces of cool fucked up and epic, outweigh the small annoying things. Rating 8/10

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