{"id":94618,"date":"2022-07-07T00:00:15","date_gmt":"2022-07-06T23:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=94618"},"modified":"2022-08-01T15:33:09","modified_gmt":"2022-08-01T14:33:09","slug":"album-review-scalare-under-hells-dominion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-scalare-under-hells-dominion\/","title":{"rendered":"SCALARE – Under Hells Dominion (2022) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

SCALARE
Under Hells Dominion<\/strong><\/span>
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\nRotten Leather (2022)<\/span>
Rating: 5\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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The album cover art is childishly appealing to my nostalgic eyes and it heralds the return of this German heavy metal group Scalare.<\/p>\n

Under Hells Dominion<\/em> is the second full-length release from the trio which consists of Mutilator (vocals and bass), Winged Death (guitar) and Black Abyss (drums), all of whom featured previously for Witchslaughter who released one demo \u2013 Priests Of Profanation<\/em> \u2013 back in 1999.<\/p>\n

While the members of Scalare may not have told their parents about their unholy name changes, musically they sort of match their monikers as a nostalgic glinting lump of steel that reflects back images and vibrations of bands like Running Wild \u2013 an act that\u2019s hard to exclude once you begin to compare.<\/p>\n

This is galloping metal that flashes with a New Wave Of British Heavy Metal stuffiness while nodding towards speedier ramparts of Teutonic cold power-cum-thrash with occasional glimpses of Venom. Admittedly, some of the vocals are totally tuneless, although I\u2019m not sure if this is on purpose. But as \u2018In The Mists Of Misery\u2019 comes rattling away with its melodious leads, some of those high rasps leave a lot to be desired. However, it remains energetic metal that probably wouldn\u2019t seem out of place on one of those old Noise records compilations where bands such as Helloween, Rage and Scanner competed for attention.<\/p>\n

Those not familiar with Scalare may actually be surprised (maybe disappointed?) by the rather jovial, hearty metal on offer, but these guys are no stranger to off-the-wall garish album art and trundling, anthemic metal pomp. Unfortunately, there is that almost drunken crooning to the vocal style, again evidenced on the rather unsteady \u2018Where They All Meet Death\u2019 and \u2018Fucking Wild\u2019 which features a killer riff in pure leather n\u2019 roll fashion.<\/p>\n

When the trio doesn\u2019t resort to almost comedic brawling (i.e. as soon as the vocals kick in) there\u2019s some decent musical construction to savour. \u2018Possessed By Total Death\u2019 builds upon a nifty percussive assault and burns with its axe work, and the band\u2019s rendition of Nifelheim\u2019s \u2018Bestial Avenger\u2019 drools with rusty vim. However, as with a whole host of bands competing in leagues jam-packed with similarly derisive noodling I\u2019m not sure Scalare, for all their charm and boozy warbling, can compete with the serious metal mongers and young upstarts craving attention with far more clinical and brooding energy.<\/p>\n

Scalare is certainly a strange brew, but having already grown tired of Running Wild\u2019s and Grave Digger\u2019s Euro galloping, I don\u2019t think Under Hells Dominion<\/em> is going to form a love affair with me.<\/p>\n

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

SCALAREUnder Hells Dominion Rotten Leather (2022)Rating: 5\/10 The album cover art is childishly appealing to my nostalgic eyes and it heralds the return of this German heavy metal group Scalare. Under Hells Dominion is the second full-length release from the trio which consists of Mutilator (vocals and bass), Winged Death (guitar) and Black Abyss (drums), […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,4911],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-ep-reviews","category-scalare"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94618","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=94618"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94618\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94619,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94618\/revisions\/94619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}