KOLDBORN - The Devil of All Deals (ANCIENT DARKNESS - CD 2005)
I wonder how many of you have
ever heard about Danish band called Koldborn. Well, I did hehe, I still have
their debut full length CD “First Enslavement” somewhere in my collection and
even if I have not listened to it for many years, I remember that back in the
time of its release I did like it and I even interviewed the band for my
fanzine. Ha, I definitely must exhume this CD one day and give it a listen
again. Anyway, years have passed and someone decided to remind me about
Koldborn, sending me their another recording, which is 2005 EP “The Devil of
All Deals”.
First, I thought “cool”! I can
listen to these Olsens again! But then I gave some listens to this EP and my
enthusiasm went down a bit. Hmm, I am sure you know this feeling when you hear
something and you tell yourself “OK, this is fine, not bad at all, but… well,
it’s just not my favourite kind of stuff, really…”. This is my feeling, which I
have when I’m listening to “The Devil of All Deals”. OK, Koldborn is death
metal band and I obviously worship death metal. But not this kind of death
metal, which those Olsens are playing. This one sounds too modern for me, I
just don’t like such kind of riffs, rhythms, vocals... Sure, Koldborn also have
some blasting parts here and there and generally there are some moments on “The
Devil of All Deals”, which I like, especially with such track as “Behind the
World”, which is awesome, starting totally in the vein of Vader. But then there
is also such track as “Hand-Held Hate“ or “A Stir of Unreason” and I just don’t
like it, sorry. It’s not a complete failure, as I mentioned the band is good
and solid, they definitely know how to play and arrange their music, but most
of the stuff, which I can find on “The Devil of All Deals” is just not entirely
for me. It’s something I can listen very, very occasionally, not more often
than once in decade and with no emotions. So, if the last time I listened to
“First Enslavement” was a decade ago, then the same will probably happen to
“The Devil of All Deals” now.
Final rate: 63/100
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