NEW AB SOUL ALBUM FULL

It’s mammoth second-half simply refuses to let up, with the marching pace fighting it’s way into the fade out. Admittedly Glacial Domination does a touch too, however it’s redeemed with the absolutely stomping ending of the final piece ‘ Atomic Winter’. As fantastic as Crypt of Ice was, it did tail off a little towards it’s back end. Not breakdowns per se more so like the classic Cannibal Corpse riffs that are solely designed to get necks and/or hair whippin’.Īudio-wise it’s even beefier than Crypt of Ice – a little more bass guitar in the mix would have been nice though – and ultimately it’s an all-round stronger, more consistent album than their debut. Almost every track has those massive moments of sheer, groove-driven devastation. The anthemic self-titled ‘ Frozen Soul’ moves into Amon Amarth territory with it’s air-guitar ready melodies in the chorus, whilst ‘ Morbid Effigy’s guest vocals from Dying Fetus’ John Gallagher makes the already flattening slam even more thunderous. Written as a tribute to vocalist Chad Green’s late brother, the attesting barnstormer also features spots from fellow Texan’s Reese Alavi ( Creeping Death) and Power Trip/ Fugitive shredder Blake Ibanez. The act keep up the ‘cold’ and horror themes running across the record – there are multiple interludes of throbbing 80s horror-movie synths – however it’s the massive ‘ Arsenal of War’ that treads a different path lyrically to the rest. While Heafy’s partnering with the Texans may seem a little out of nowhere, he’s clearly got a world of knowledge of all things metal, and has wisely not tampered with the Frozen Soul formula. One of the new record’s biggest talking points is the addition of Trivium’s Matt Heafy in the production-team, co-producing Glacial Domination with the group’s longtime collaborator/engineer/mixer Daniel Schmuck. Things stay gnarly throughout – especially the devastating double-slowdown outro – but it’s instantly memorable chorus stands out strongly.

After the John Carpenter-esque synth intro, Frozen Soul launch into potentially the fastest and most brutal section of the whole LP. ‘ Invisible Tormentor’ is the perfect, tone-setting album opener.

NEW AB SOUL ALBUM FULL

Building on the momentum of their first full length, the five piece’s sophomore LP Glacial Domination promises another modern slab of cold-school death metal – yet with a clear focus to not simply rehash the past. Riffs upon riffs, with neck-snapping pace, groove and beatdowns, it caught the attention of heavy music fans across the subgenres. One of the leaders of the recent wave of death/extreme metal bursting from the Texas underground, Frozen Soul’s 2021 debut Crypt of Ice was one of the best – if not the best – straight-up death metal album of the year.

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