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Most of the time I find modern hype stickers on metal albums to be a silly waste of printing. They're often filled with laughable hyperbole, they offer ridiculous sound comparisons based in marketing and not in reality, and they quote reviews, ratings, and people I don't care about. Here, the sticker mentions Cradle of Filth and The Black Dahlia Murder, which is surprisingly spot-on in terms of the vocals (the music, not so much).
The overall vocal style and range quite literally scream CoF--high and exaggerated raspy main vocals (with accompanying screams), deep DM-style backing vocals, and a couple cases of those gothic narration/deep-voiced spoken word vox. The main vocals aren't always as piercing or as consistently high and shrieky as Dani, and that's where the TBDM comparison comes in, the Nocturnal album specifically. I realize those vocal comparisons bring to mind all sorts of negative associations, including with me, and while I probably would have preferred vocals that weren't so high, they're tolerable.
The music itself is blackened modern melodic death metal--not necessarily a description to be terribly excited about, but I can't stress how much the excellent guitarwork carries this album. There are lots of tasty leads, and the dual harmonies are some of the most interesting I've heard in recent extreme metal.
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