{"id":97029,"date":"2022-10-27T00:00:06","date_gmt":"2022-10-26T23:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=97029"},"modified":"2022-12-06T10:41:00","modified_gmt":"2022-12-06T10:41:00","slug":"album-review-tearfuleyes-lacrimosis-oculis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-tearfuleyes-lacrimosis-oculis\/","title":{"rendered":"TEARFULEYES – Lacrimosis Oculis (2022) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

TEARFULEYES
Lacrimosis Oculis<\/strong><\/span>
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\nSelf-released (2022)<\/span>
Rating: 5\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s a rather strange marrying of melodic death metal and traditional heavy metal, although I belief this Swedish act began life as a more standard act in 2016. This debut full-length album doesn\u2019t sit right with me; the choppy yet more contemporary death metal barks are distinctly Swedish at times, although there\u2019s a thrash twist to them but coupled with some of the more driving, galloping and beer-chugging anthemic rhythms it just feels forced.<\/p>\n

Opener \u2018Fly Away\u2019 is part Eurovision entry, part chest-thumping Manowar meets death metal. Meanwhile, \u2018Thunder Breaks The Silence\u2019 has a more cutting riff, as does \u2018Last Day In Hell\u2019 which teams up an Iron Maiden-esque ramble yet with thrashy overlays but it\u2019s just not to my taste I\u2019m afraid.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere, \u2018Salvation\u2019 just feels and sounds mechanical in spite of its pace, \u2018Whispering\u2019 has more of a 90s groove and \u2018Battlefield\u2019 follows suit. In a sense, the band is trying something different but it just feels soulless and generic, and by the time \u2018Heaven\u2019 rounds things off I\u2019m reaching for the sick bucket with such a sterile glint of glossy Euro metal. Sorry guys, not for me.<\/p>\n

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

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