Day into Night

Damn, this album has so much to offer. I find myself listening to this and wondering, is there anything bad about this album? Well I found a few small flaws, but other than that, this album is nearly perfect. If you're thinking this is death metal, you're 1/4 right. It has some melo-death, some thrash, some death, and some technical. Take all that, put it in a blender and you got Day Into Night. It always stays very melodic, and always agressive. That's something very few bands can accomplish - mixing melodic with brutal (see Intestine Baalism). Not only does this album contain all of the above, but it also has relaxing clean guitar breaks. A bit too much of brutal tecnical riffing gets boring after a while, so the band adds some variety by putting in some leads in the end a few songs. Drums are very varied, it's not always the same boring beat; it has many drum fills.

Now for the few flaws: This album needs: A: More acoustic interludes. Clean guitarinterludes are nice, but nothing can beat an acoustic. B: Make the relaxing clean guitar parts a bit shorter. Some songs became repetitive near the end. C: "Night of the Roses" is simply amazing, but it's way too short (0:37). It has a great idea, but as soon as I started thinking "Hey, this one rules", the song was already over. It could easily serve as an acoustic interlude in one of the longer songs.

Overall, this is a sensational mix of Thrash/Death/Melodic/Technical, all with crushing leads, brutal riffs, interesting drums and great vocals. A must-have for any fan of this band, or this genre.