{"id":101909,"date":"2023-11-03T00:00:44","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T00:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=101909"},"modified":"2023-11-16T14:57:31","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T14:57:31","slug":"album-review-satans-fall-destination-destruction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-satans-fall-destination-destruction\/","title":{"rendered":"SATAN\u2019S FALL – Destination Destruction (2023) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

SATAN\u2019S FALL
Destination Destruction<\/strong><\/span>
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\nSteamhammer (2023)<\/span>
Rating: 7\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Of all the quality Finnish bands doing the rounds I\u2019m embarrassed to say that Helsinki-based Satan\u2019s Fall have somewhat slipped under my radar since forming in 2015. However, with one of my favourite album covers of the year the quintet has most certainly grabbed my attention. Satan\u2019s Fall quite simply play straight up heavy metal that has a tendency to drift towards speedier avenues.<\/p>\n

Like a lot of modern metal records, Destination Destruction<\/em> nods to the 80s, bridging a gap between Enforcer and Megadeth<\/a> or Judas Priest and Mercyful Fate with dollops of just about everything in-between.<\/p>\n

Back in the 80s a glut of bands were bridging the gap between speed metal and traditional metal and this is no exception as \u2018Lead The Way\u2019 kicks things off with a sneering vocal from Miika Kokko. In spite of the devilish cover art this is quite an airy and nifty outing that doesn\u2019t dwell in the darkness that one might expect. The guitars of Tomi M\u00e4enp\u00e4\u00e4 and Ville Koskinen are brisk in their melodic strides as \u2018Garden Of Fire\u2019 attests.<\/p>\n

Destination Destruction<\/em> is not an overtly technical or heavy album. The production adds a spring and vim with each number and that\u2019s not always a positive, because in spite of the hastier cuts, such as \u2018Swines For Slaughter\u2019, there is a distinct lack of weight as the sound is overcome by a glossiness. Even so, \u2018Dark Star\u2019 really does clank thanks to the bass of Joni Petander, but for me I need more rumble and thud on the percussion of Arttu Hankosaari.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s not to say this is a tepid release. \u2018No Gods, No Masters\u2019 roars sufficiently and \u2018Monster\u2019s Ball\u2019 serves up plenty of variety and some strong axe work, but when you bear in mind this is the second full-length release from the band I\u2019m now starting to realise why Satan\u2019s Fall haven\u2019t made much of an impact. Not mediocre by any means, but Destination Destruction<\/em> lacks punch.<\/p>\n

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

SATAN\u2019S FALLDestination Destruction Steamhammer (2023)Rating: 7\/10 Of all the quality Finnish bands doing the rounds I\u2019m embarrassed to say that Helsinki-based Satan\u2019s Fall have somewhat slipped under my radar since forming in 2015. However, with one of my favourite album covers of the year the quintet has most certainly grabbed my attention. Satan\u2019s Fall quite […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,5519],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-ep-reviews","category-satans-fall"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101909","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101909"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101909\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":101911,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101909\/revisions\/101911"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}