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Black Empire ReviewThis is take-no-prisoners in-your-face metal, period. Killer vocals, killer riffs, killer guitar solos and killer everything. If you are into early Fates Warning, this was made specially for you. From a stylish point of view, it belongs to another époque -- that is, to those old good times when bands such as Queensryche, Watchtower and Crimson Glory (plus, again, Fates Warning) were exploring new metal trends and raising eyebrows. Force of Evil is simply darker, but it belongs to that class. Just a warning to the crowd of Mercyful Fate fans: Martin Steene (the vocalist) has few (if something) to do with King Diamond, ok? So, this is not Mercyful Fate Part II, in spite of Shermann and Denner twin axe attack, Bjarne T. Holm power drumming, and of course King Diamond's circa Hal Patino on the bass duties. This is just a new, more melodic, band heading to be one of the bests around, so keep that in your mind: Mercyful Fate's soul is there, but it is not the same band at all.
Back to the album, Force of Evil's Black Empire would have been a classic if recorded in the middle Eighties. It's even far better than their first self-titled release. The production is top notch, and I think this time Steene completely demonstrated that he can pair to the bests vocalists in the genre. Hats off to him! He has the presence, the range, the power and the emotion to become one of the greatest ever -- though Geoff Tate's influence is somewhat too much evident (mostly in "Days of Damien"), but still Steene shines on his own rights.
The rest of the band's performance is tight and heavy, aggressive, with a lot of attitude. I sincerely LOVE this album. If there's something to criticize perhaps is that it maintains the same mood all along, so at a given moment it starts to sound "the same". It is not a revolutionary or "groundbreaking" album neither. But don't be fooled. Its quality is amongst the highest you can find in metal; and also there are on it many layers to discover, many choirs, many small details, a riff here and there... It IS a powerful and brilliant piece of work, no doubt about that. I even dare to confess that I would have liked to record something close to this!
I give then to "Black Empire" four stars and a half -- so I vote five stars to raise the average, to compensate for the other reviewers' votes. If you like any type of good metal, this is for you. This is indeed TRUE metal, the one YOU were expecting since nu-metallers took control of the genre. So, go for it NOW and contribute to the raise of a new metal star! You won't regret it!Black Empire Overview

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