Dismember doesn’t need an introduction. Or so I would think and every other death metal fan out there. But when I play this new record for friends, their reactions are unbelievable: ‘Hey, they’ve got Kill Switch Engage riffs and they’re influenced by In Flames and Every Time I Die. Is this death metal?’. Uhm, fucking yes! Those bands are influenced by Dismember you mean, or Entombed, or whatever. Dismember is back indeed with a sound which is typical for this band. This is how death metal sounded in Sweden back in the nineties and what made it special. So all those diehard fans will not be disappointed!

Where Ironcrosses Grow is in fact a cannon with ten cluster grenades.

“Tragedy Of The Faithful” and the monstrous mid-tempo “Children Of The Cross” are my favourites on this album. The rest are in the best Dismember-tradition, brilliant riffing although not complex. You have to be Swedish I think to come up with something like this. If you like this band, I’ve got one word for you: it starts with a ‘b’ and ends with ‘uy’. For all the people who want to know where current bands get their riffs or their sound, check your local music store at the section ‘old school Swedish death metal’.