{"id":101486,"date":"2023-09-02T00:00:35","date_gmt":"2023-09-01T23:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=101486"},"modified":"2023-09-08T12:14:29","modified_gmt":"2023-09-08T11:14:29","slug":"album-review-hunter-rebel-angels-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-hunter-rebel-angels-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"HUNTER – Rebel Angels Rise (2023) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

HUNTER
Rebel Angels Rise<\/strong><\/span>
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\nSelf-released (2023)<\/span>
Rating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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How do you fancy a mishmash of Accept, Overkill and Metal Church? Well, that\u2019s what you get from this Belgian act. I missed Hunter\u2019s self-titled debut from 2019 but Rebel Angels Rise<\/em> more than makes up for that.<\/p>\n

Although at times the production makes the sound rather mechanical there is still enough grit, particularly in the vocal snaps of ex-Crusader man David Walgrave. A lot of tracks have that speedy Accept dynamic, but there are a good chunk of songs here not far removed from classic Overkill, Exodus and dollops of Judas Priest. It is a shame though regarding the mixing; it\u2019s as if a great deal of meat has been stripped away from the bone here.<\/p>\n

Tracks like \u2018Wicked\u2019 could really benefit from a meatier design, but even so the band drives, at times hinting towards Grave Digger-styled power trudges, especially with the darker eruptions like \u2018The Knight Of The Black Rose, Part 2\u2019.<\/p>\n

Hunter is a band that isn\u2019t afraid to approach the epic or the Teutonic, and the more I listen to this record the more I appreciate its strengths. I believe these guys have a really epic opus within them, so let\u2019s hope they sort out the production. However, Rebel Angels Rise<\/em> still remains a fine metal album.<\/p>\n

Neil Arnold<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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