{"id":100374,"date":"2023-06-09T00:00:29","date_gmt":"2023-06-08T23:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=100374"},"modified":"2023-06-16T13:55:29","modified_gmt":"2023-06-16T12:55:29","slug":"album-review-apocalypse-retaliation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-apocalypse-retaliation\/","title":{"rendered":"APOCALYPSE &#8211; Retaliation (2023) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"title2\"><strong>APOCALYPSE<br \/>Retaliation<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-content\/themes\/metalforces\/images\/spacer.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" height=\"3\" \/><br \/>\n<span class=\"title3\"><span style=\"color: #c80000;\">MIMo Sound (2023)<\/span><br \/><strong>Rating: 6\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"image floatedright\">\n<table width=\"100%\" align=\"center\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\">\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-content\/themes\/metalforces\/images\/spacer.gif\" width=\"10\" border=\"0\"><\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/apocalypse_retaliation.jpg\" height=\"200\" width=\"200\" border=\"0\"><\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" align=\"center\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\">\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td>\n<div align=\"left\"><span class=\"smalltext\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<div align=\"right\"><span class=\"smalltext\"><\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>Italian multi-instrumentalist Erymanthon Seth has shifted the sound of Apocalypse over the years. What started out as a power metal act with Gothic edges has now transformed into some serious Bathory worship.<\/p>\n<p><em>Retaliation<\/em> is the sixth full-length studio opus from Apocalypse which now veers heavily towards Bathory circa-<em>Requiem<\/em> (1994). The black thrash barks, the hissing blizzard riffs and bathtub drums are all present, and while completely unoriginal Erymanthon makes up for such mimicry with passion.<\/p>\n<p>This is a solid album that deserves a handful of spins before being shelved alongside the countless other imitations. The strongest track is probably opener \u2018Christophilia\u2019 which is rough as Hell black thrash, but I can\u2019t help but think the evil one is rasping <em>\u201cWrestlemania! Wrestlemania!<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, \u2018Mass Grave\u2019 throws in a few tasty chugs and \u2018Necropsychomaniac\u2019 is grimly low budget, but there is no staying power for this heap of junk. Closer \u2018A Brand New World\u2019 just sounds like a pneumatic drill hammering away in God awful fashion, but it\u2019s a fitting end to an aggressive, primitive and yet altogether unnecessary slab of Quorthon worship.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Neil Arnold<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>APOCALYPSERetaliation MIMo Sound (2023)Rating: 6\/10 Italian multi-instrumentalist Erymanthon Seth has shifted the sound of Apocalypse over the years. What started out as a power metal act with Gothic edges has now transformed into some serious Bathory worship. Retaliation is the sixth full-length studio opus from Apocalypse which now veers heavily towards Bathory circa-Requiem (1994). 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