Revolting - In Grisly Rapture

Revolting
In Grisly Rapture
2011 F.D.A. Rekotz
Rotten Rogga really outdid himself with this one. Do I say that with every review of one of his bands? Probably. But is it the truth? I'd have to say so. So far, the man has not run out of killer guitar riffs, and I've got a feeling that his castoffs are better than a lot of other bands keepers. The distortion on both guitars and bass are cranked to 11, with the result that there's a thicker, heavier sound here than I remember hearing before. On top of all that, Revolting Rogga's vocals are up there with the best of the class of 1990 and 1991. As ever, the lyrics are tales of horror, gore, and the occult. Fans of the old school will find everything here to their liking. One thing about the old Swedish death metal sound, it never gets boring. The Gothenburg sound kind of came and went, with a lot of bands either experimenting too much or getting lighter in sound. But the Stockholm sound and those who follow it still chugs along the same as ever, much like the proverbial unstoppable force. Given that the style is now a good twenty or so years old, that's a testament to the untrendiness of it. Let's put it like this... as long as Repulsive Rogga is writing and recording it, I'm buying it.