Evocation - Illusions Of Grandeur

Published September 26 2012

*=Staff's pick	Illusions Of Grandeur* Well Of Despair Divide And Conquer Perception Of Reality* Metus Odium I'll Be Your Suicide Crimson Skies Into Submission The Seven Faces Of God* Final Disclosure

Genre	Death Metal	Thomas Josefsson	Vocals
Tracks	10	Vesa Kenttäkumpu	Guitar
Running time	42 Min.	Marko Palmén	Guitar
Label	Century Media	Gustav Jorde	Bass
Release	24 September 2012	Janne K. Bodén	Drums
Country	Sweden	-	Keyboard
Producer	Roberto Laghi, Evocation
Similar artists	Amon Amarth

Swedish death metal outfit Evocation is back after two years with their fourth full length studio album. With a rocky past, they have found consistency and momentum, and they now seem determined to take this band to another level and we'll all see what happens in the near and perhaps bright shining future.

Illusions Of Grandeur is closer to melodic, than to massive brutal death metal and since I'm a heavy metaller by blood, this is what I look for when listening to bands of this genre. I get stuck on their guitarplay, their hooks and I also think that vocalist Thomas Josefsson is fulfilling his duties and achievements.

It's hard to pick songs for our very own Staff's pick, since most of the songs are somewhat equally good and I certainly can't find any fillers on this solid release, but I'll go for the opener and title track Illusions Of Grandeur with its hooks and speed, the thunderous Perception Of Reality, as well as the fierce monster The Seven Faces Of God.

I recommend this release for fans of Amon Amarth. Even if their sounds are kind of different, I'm sure you'll find this effort worth listening to if you're a fan of their fellow countrymen. A limited edition digipak CD with three bonus tracks is also available for the diehards. 8 chalices is a great number, as I usually try to not get too overblown with my ratings.

Performance	Originality	Production	Vocals	Songwriting
7	4	7	7	8

Summary
8 chalices of 10 - Tobbe