Evilized - Dream Evil

Dream Evil's second album is a great disappointment, remaining as cheesy and throwback as their debut (perhaps even more so) but failing to live up to its energy and simple enjoyment. Every song here just seems to plod on lifelessly, Gus G's guitars rarely producing a memorable riff or melody, and Niklas Isfeldt's high vocals become genuinely irritating as they remain in the same pitch throughout, especially in songs like 'Fight Till the End.' Only a couple of songs manage to break through the mediocrity into a more acceptable plane of humdrumness, 'Bad Dreams' likely being the best song for its darker and more memorable riff, but again spoiled by the ...