|
Description: Genre: Hard Rock & Metal - Heavy Metal / Artist: Alas / Audio CD released 2001-07-23 at Hammerheart / Disc #1 ... more Newest Review: ... in select songs. One problem that she isn't necessarily accountable for are the absolutely abominable lyrics, littered with ... more |
||
by Frankingsteins - written on 11.12.07 (Very useful, 55 readings)
Rating:
Alas, here we have another death metal guitarist setting up a side project to extend his repertoire, when he should have stuck to his day job. And being guitarist for Hate Eternal, after spending considerable time with Morbid Angel, is pretty cool as far as day jobs go. Alas is Erik Rutan's one-off (so far) operatic progressive metal project, which essentially means slowed-down melodic death metal riffs over stilted drums, with a shrieking woman placed on top. These projects can sometimes work very well, as was the case for Cynic spin-off Aghora, but here it falls rather flat, and becomes increasingly tedious as the album plods along. Rutan's riffs and solos ...




