{"id":97009,"date":"2022-11-02T00:00:12","date_gmt":"2022-11-02T00:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=97009"},"modified":"2022-12-05T14:02:47","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T14:02:47","slug":"album-review-rogga-johansson-inside-the-otherwhere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-rogga-johansson-inside-the-otherwhere\/","title":{"rendered":"ROGGA JOHANSSON – Inside The Otherwhere (2022) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

ROGGA JOHANSSON
Inside The Otherwhere<\/strong><\/span>
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\nIron, Blood And Death Corporation (2022)<\/span>
Rating: 7\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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After a subtle introduction Rogga Johansson, one of the busiest musicians in metal, announces his third studio album, Inside The Otherwhere<\/em>. I\u2019m unsure as to whether Johansson really needs to be a solo artist when one considers what else he has going on, but with his first solo album since 2019\u2019s Entrance To The Otherwhere<\/em> the master craftsman engages once again with a flurry of Swedish death metal aesthetics that successfully combine other extreme elements too.<\/p>\n

To be honest, I\u2019m not the biggest fan of Rogga\u2019s growl \u2013 which has a standard contemporary gruffness \u2013 but musically this is a solid opus featuring an array of doom-tinged death metal riffs and nuances.<\/p>\n

\u2018Another World Darkly\u2019 oozes in the manner of early Paradise Lost, almost melancholic in its mid-tempo groove. I\u2019m strangely uplifted by the track, probably not its intention, but the leads are rather nifty in their forlorn swirls. Meanwhile, \u2018The Creepers Are Coming\u2019 follows a more modern yet archetypal Swedish groove with that gnashing riffage and thudding drum, but again there are those more despondent melodies contained herein which give the track an almost doomy feel.<\/p>\n

I do like the subtleties the album offers. Johansson is clearly a talented guy and does like his variations within the death metal framework as evidenced on the colder sweeps of \u2018The Otherwhere Wants You\u2019, a decidedly Gothic trundle if ever there was one. In fact, I\u2019m imagining a deathlier version of Fields Of The Nephilim throughout! \u2018Ends And Beginnings\u2019 has a harsher fa\u00e7ade, although keeps the consistent mid-tempo sweep but provides extra chills in its phrasing.<\/p>\n

Call this \u201cmelo-death\u201d if you will via, say, At The Gates at times, but with extra groove and rainy harmony.<\/p>\n

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

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