2015 is no more than a month in, but I just know that this album of barbaric heavy metal will wind up being one of the best of this year. On their sophomore album, Trial from Sweden are all about '80s heavy/speed metal for the most part, but that does not stop them from straying to doom, progressive and even black metal (the guitars), without turning their music into a spaghetti incident. Their vocalist, a crossbreed between Harry "The Tyrant" Conklin, King Diamond and Kai Hansen, is cracking the whip throughout the album, along with the rest of the band, namely the guitarists who, in so many words, hail and kill. As of this album, the band stands on the same level with other modern Swedish classic metal stalwarts, namely In Solitude, Portrait, Enforcer and the like. Favorite track: Ecstasy Waltz. Stream the album at play.spotify.com
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