Suidakra - Command To Charge

*=Staff's pick	Decibel Dance C14_Measured By Infinity Haughs Of Cromdale The Alliance A Runic Rhyme Second Skin Reap The Storm Gathered In Fear Strange Perfection Dead Man’s Reel* The End Beyond Me

Genre	Metal	Antonik/Kupka	Vocals
Tracks	11	Arkadius Antonik	Guitar
Runningtime	49 Min.	Mathias Kupka	Guitar
Label	Armageddon Music	Marcus Riewaldt	Bass
Release	25 April 2005	Lars Wehner	Drums
Country	Germany	-	Keyboards
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Granted, I have not followed Suidakra's whole career, but I remember and consider Signs For The Fallen (2003) and Emprise To Avalon (2002) to be highly enjoyable albums with a good portion of melodic elements and good songwriting. I wondered what happened along the way.

This is second, to not say third, class rock'n'roll-thrash with only fragmental glimpses of something interesting, as in for example The Alliance, Reap The Storm, Strange Perfection. There are many parts that just fels like their sole purpose are to transport us from A to B and the vocals don't engage either. Add to that the fact that the production is without substance and especially the drums are of the cardboard-sounding type and a bit thin and edgeless.

There are the occasional catchy riff and nice solo part, but that is far from enough to save this sleeping pill. The best song, and the only real good one, is the instrumental Dead Man's Reel with a strong irish approach, which is something that can be spotted here and there around the album.

There is a hidden track at the end of the album in form of a cover of Mike Oldfield's Moonlight Shadow but by the time the track appears I suspect most of you have already pressed stop on your cd player. You are not missing out on anything anyway, if I put it that way.

See also review of: Eternal Defiance , Crógacht , Caledonia , Signs For The Fallen

Production	Vocals	Compositions
5	5	3

Summary
3,5 chalices of 10 - Tommy