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Once Nothing - First Came the Law

Fasten your seatbelts! - 83%

Soldier_of_Christ, March 15th, 2009

These guys mean business…and while listening to this album, you get the idea that they are not here to mess around and waste their time. The music keeps on pumping track after track and it’s almost like the band members had some sort of adrenalin injection beforehand.

What immediately caught my attention is the fact that within each track, there is a lot of varied sound and it is not as if the individual track that you are listening to, gets boring in any way. The vocals vary from deep growls to low screams to clean vocals and if you are looking for music that will wake you up in the morning, this album will do the trick! The vocals are very interesting, since this is a Christian metal band and you get the impression that these guys are just being themselves – not trying to show off or trying to be pious.

The first track starts off with the words “you wanna go for a ride?” That sums up what this album is about – a very fast roller coaster ride! If you want good old thrash and death metal, then this album is just for you, since it has varied influences within the thrash and death metal genres. However, make no mistake – this album is not just one long piece of noise. There is also an acoustic track with nice clean vocals. I guess this is the part where the roller coaster ride goes slowly uphill, but after that it continues with the exciting, adrenalin filled musical adventure.

Fasten your seatbelts, ladies and gentlemen!