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Rock
Release Date: 05/22/2007
Long-running, prolific Scandinavian
speed/
thrash metal act
Carnal Forge return after a nearly three-year break with
Testify for My Victims, an unexpected but highly effective change of pace. Literally: the band's trademark breakneck tempos are all but absent from this surprisingly melodic album. Instead, solid, riff-based songs like
"Burning Eden" and
"End Game" stomp along at a medium-high speed about halfway between sludgy
stoner metal and
hardcore-influenced
thrash. More importantly, new singer
Jens C. Mortensen completely abandons the now-clichéd
Cookie Monster growl in favor of a high-register, clean vocal style with occasional falsetto squeals out of the '80s
power metal tradition. The resulting songs are a refreshing shift from the increasingly tired tropes of
speed metal; while not exactly breaking new ground,
Carnal Forge are increasing their stylistic arsenal by reaching back into
metal forms past.
~Stewart Mason, All Music Guide
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