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Evocation - Illusions Of Grandeur

Published September 26 2012


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=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
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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.

See also review of: Excised And Anatomised , Evoked From Demonic Depths - The Early Years

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Summary



8 chalices of 10 - Tobbe


Related links:

www.evocation.se
www.myspace.com/evocationswe
www.facebook.com/evocationswe