Bedtime Prayers - Blinded Colony

Blinded Colony is just another in a tediously long line of bands to have sprung up since bands like In Flames and Soilwork corrupted their sound and entered the rock mainstream, and this album is far from being an impressive copy-cat, despite originating in Sweden which ought to at least add some authenticity. The sound here is as much metalcore as it is melodic death metal, the latter only in the modern In Flames sense rather than the more authentic and exceptional stuff, and it's an irritatingly repetitive listening experience of guitar riffs and drum slaps synchronised against a background of bland eighties synthesiser, in a seemingly desperate attempt to ...  Read the complete review