![]() “Queen Of Entity” even takes on some vocal characteristics of the famed Seattle outfit with a really eerie atmosphere during the verses, on top of which Rainer utilizes this really haunting clean vocal line that draws up images of Alice In Chains. In fact, much of this album sounds like Nevermore’s past few studio efforts but with vocal work much more suited to the genre. Good examples of the successful marriage of groove and melody occur in “Love Divided” and “Black Swan”, which give off little hints of Nevermore’s “This Godless Endeavor” with a slight helping of some At The Gates moments. The songs tend to be mid-tempo in pacing and heavily reliant on standard drumming grooves and bass drones to provide the foundation of the arrangement, while the guitars tend away from the anti-melodic tribal plods that characterize mid-90s Half Thrash and instead offer up catchy melodic material. ![]() Those familiar with his work on the famed Melodic Power Metal act Dreamtale’s sophomore effort “Ocean’s Heart” will recount his role as the immortal beast that destroyed an entire kingdom, which his voice was perfectly suited for and continues to embody on this particular opus.Īlthough painted with a much more modernistic brush than previous albums, the groove and almost industrial aspects of this album don’t take away too much from the melodic underpinnings of their style. To his credit, vocalist/guitarist Rainer Nygård proves able to pull off a vocal style almost akin to what you’d hear out of Machinehead or post-1992 Pantera, but minus the annoying hipster/Hetfield worship and loaded with real attitude and aggression. The best way to describe the Diablo experience is as an extremely entertaining blend of melodic death metal music and a devilish collection of percussive grunts that would not be out of place in a Hard Core band. ![]()
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