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From the ashes of
the Swedish death metal band Cromlech another brand new act began its descent
towards divinity and here we see the first result from this band. The
competition is really tough in Sweden with hundreds of bands fighting for
record contracts and Divine Souls has so far released no less than 5 demos
before getting signed by the upcoming Italian label Scarlet Records. They have
nevertheless had lots of live experience, playing with major bands like
Tiamat, Dismember and Therion. Cromlech were more of a brutal death metal band
while the music from the new incarnation Divine Souls is more technical and
melodic in its nature as we are used to hear from Swedish bands like In Flames
and newer acts like Soilwork and The Forsaken. The band has one more
connection with Soilwork other than the musical similarities since the weird
but well-done cover artwork was done by the former Soilwork keyboard player
Carlos Del Olmo Holmberg. Each and every song on this debut album has a strong
melodic groove that runs through it like a brook of clear water, acting as a
cleansing and efficient contrast to the aggressive touch mainly made out of
the grim vocal approach. The overall quality of the Swedish metal scene is
astonishingly good and now we have yet another new band to look out for in the
future.
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