Venom

Resurrection

Awesome.

Review Score:

(10/10)
My expectations were pretty low before listening to this album. Everything else I'd heard from these guys since 1985 has left me disappointed. I figured that, now in their forties, they've probably run out of good music ideas and are doing whatever they can to follow popular trends and just make a buck. Even if someone were to tell me that this is the best album they've made in seventeen years and possibly their best ever I still wouldn't have expected much. Boy was I wrong.

The entire album (all fourteen songs) just blew me away. I could not believe what I was hearing. I've always felt Mantas has been one of the most underrated guitar players ever. On this album he's even better than I could have wished. Every song has bad-ass riff after bad-ass riff. It's been a long time since I've heard so many on one album. The guitar solos are vintage Mantas (I only wish there could have been more of them). I couldn't imagine Cronos sounding any better. His tone of voice is perfect throughout (I like how he pronounces his "r"s). The smart-ass insults, threats and sarcasm are quite funny. Antton's drumming is phenomenal, too (He pounds the s*** out of them). It's also one of the best produced albums I've ever heard (the louder it is the better it sounds).

Aside from a few lyrics I don't care too much for (it's easy for me to ignore that when there's so much else going on) this album is a flawless masterpiece. One of the best metal albums I've ever heard. Highly recommended.

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