Ελληνικά
Genre: Ηeavy Metal
Country: Greece
Label: –
Year: 2016
Here we have the second album of Prejudice Reborn (PR) and things get serious in all domains (I will discuss them later on) except for the visual one. The cover artwork would like to be like the Hall of the Mountain King, but ended up like the Fall of the Mountain King. During the prosperous years of the 90’s when you had money and bought albums only by looking at their cover art, if you came across this one you would probably let it pass…which would be a huge mistake. Therefore, never judge a book, or a record, from its cover. Lord of Light is a solid album, with 10 powerful and well-crafted metal compositions, beautiful melodies, elegant guitar work, huge sound and basically has no weak moment and no filler. Actually, there are 2-3 songs that will make you say “I’ll be double-dog damned, isn’t that just wow??”. The band has given their 100% for your pleasure. The voice of Tassos continues to be pleasantly Hetfield alike and has grown stronger from the several concerts of the band in recent years, while the skills of Karavolas in the guitar have reached sky high levels in comparison with their debut (Elpis).
The first song is called Prejudice and starts with Disposable Heroes aesthetics but ends with a Smack my Bitch up (Prodigy) vibe due to the oriental passage with female vocals. After that, Insomnia follows; a song that must have been named after the long recording sessions of the album. Simple, straightforward metal. Winter is coming on the third song (Lord of Light) taking us directly into a Game of Thrones mood. To be honest, I expected it to be more epic, more novel, more pompous … but it was not. Good song though. On the contrary, the Witch Hunter (with Vin Diesel?) is dope. Dark and hazy like a haunted mansion in Texas. The Day by Day Hero is the “ballad” of the album. Tassos puts in a quite emotional bitter voice and Karavolas delivers guitar pain. The next song is Nefarious. It enters like a Caterpillar loader and flattens everything on its way. Concrete riffs with steel bars in. Something here is changing in the so far musical approach and I wish PR follows that angry approach in the future. The speed is now decreased at Haunted Pictures which could form the basis for an Unforgiven IV. It’s a song closer to their old style and quite radio-friendly. The Ulysse’s Journey is the most Black Label Society song of the album (which is good) with plenty of Stillborn screams in it. Hell yeah! A bass intro welcomes Dante’s Inferno which rips you apart non-stop from the first to the last second. This is the second track of the album that differentiates and surprises. The closing of the album is epic. The The Girl who Cries Blood begins with a post-punk dark wave melody that reminds the bastard son of Metro Decay with the Aerials of System of a Down, and gradually hardens and bursts into a fierce metalocalypse. Essentially, PR with these three songs -Nefarious, Dante’s Inferno and The Girl who Cries Blood- leave a sense of what will follow in the future. Pure Hell.
4,5/6
