Kalmah - For The Revolution
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Published May 09 2008
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Genre |
Melodic Death Metal |
Pekka Kokko
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Vocals
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Tracks |
9 |
Pekka Kokko
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Guitar
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Runningtime |
44 Min. |
Antti Kokko
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Guitar
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Label |
Spikefarm
Records |
Timo Lehtinen
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Bass
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Release |
24 April 2008 |
Janne Kusmin
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Drums
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Country |
Finland |
Marco Sneck
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Keyboard
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Similar artists |
Children
Of Bodom, Mors Principium Est |
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The Kokko brothers have yet again returned from the swamp
to deliver us their very own brand of melodeath. For The Revolution
is Kalmah's fifth album and the new effort can be classified as a natural
continuation of their previous works. The closest comparison is still
Children Of Bodom with melodic guitars to contrast the growling vocals
and a considerable usage of keyboards.
My very own experience of Kalmah is, despite the melodic
approach, that it always takes some time to get a grip of the songs
and the new one isn't an exception to that rule. This problem is mainly
due to the fact that Pekka Kokko's thin vocals fall in the background
and leave the guitars to be your map and guide to find the red thread
of the compositions. This is a bit confusing to start with but after
numerous listening sessions the greatness of the song writing slowly
but surely sinks in and stays firm afterwards.
For The Revolution's biggest assets are the guitars and
on this album the guitar work is better than ever before and the melodic
leads and catchy riffs literally swarms the album. It's a shame that
Kalmah isn't in possession of a vocalist with a bit more depth and punch
since that should grant the sound much more diversity. The chanting
vocals that can be found on the title track and Holy Symphony War is
a nice addition that I would like to see more of in the future. Ready
For Salvation is a track that in another way prevents the album from
being far too repetitive since it's a bit slower and melodic than the
rest. The guitar melodies on this track somewhat reminds me of their
countrymen Ensiferum actually.
This is yet another solid effort from Kalmah but to reach
the upper level of the scale they still have work to do regarding the
diversity and the vocals. An improvement of these two things would make
Kalmah something extremely interesting instead of were they are now;
one of many great bands in the genre out there today.
See
also review of: 12 Gauge ,
The Black Waltz
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Originality
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Production
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Vocals
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Songwriting
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