Bloodbound - In The Name Of Metal

Published November 16 2012

*=Staff's pick	In The Name Of Metal When Demons Collide* Bonebreaker Metalheads Unite* Son Of Babylon Mr. Darkness I'm Evil Monstermind King Of Fallen Grace Black Devil* Bounded By Blood Book Of The Dead 2012

Genre	Heavy Metal	Patrik Johansson	Vocals
Tracks	12	Tomas Olsson	Guitar
Running time	46 Min.	Henrik Olsson	Guitar
Label	AFM Records	Anders Broman	Bass
Release	09 November 2012	Pelle Åkerlind	Drums
Country	Sweden	Fredrik Bergh	Keyboard
Producer	Jonas Kjellgren
Similar artists	---

Fifth album from the Swedish metallers and the first to feature the same lead singer on two consecutive releases. An album not much different from their past work. Sure there are some progress, but when ends meet it's still Bloodbound. With this, it's not breaking any new ground, but how many records do that these days?

With hymns to hail metal, me against the world and such patterned topics, they have created an album without fillers and with rather strong songs all through. This riff based heavy metal, on the edge to power metal, has a contagious groove, even if one song is pretty similar to the next one and most of the diversity is absent. In brief, forty-six minutes of straight metal with no ballads.

When Demons Collide with its kicking rhythm, striking and charming Metalheads Unite, as well as heavy Black Devil come out as my top 3 on In The Name Of Metal. A re-recorded version of 2007's Book Of The Dead, originally featuring Michael Bormann on vocals, is included as a bonus track. I can't say if it's better or worse than the original. Just a bit different and I can't really see the point of this new version.

In The Name Of Metal is one of Bloodbound's better releases and I'm pretty satisfied with the outcome. A solid album without any bad songs.

See also review of: War Of Dragons , Stormborn , Nosferatu

Performance	Originality	Production	Vocals	Songwriting
6	4	6	6	6

Summary
6 chalices of 10 - Tobbe