{"id":97167,"date":"2022-12-07T00:00:58","date_gmt":"2022-12-07T00:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=97167"},"modified":"2022-12-14T16:30:53","modified_gmt":"2022-12-14T16:30:53","slug":"album-review-merciless-law-the-holy-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-merciless-law-the-holy-company\/","title":{"rendered":"MERCILESS LAW – The Holy Company (2022) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

MERCILESS LAW
The Holy Company<\/strong><\/span>
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\nStormspell (2022)<\/span>
Rating: 7\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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The goofy cover artwork makes this sophomore outing look like some long-lost 80s thrash gem but inside this album leans to a slightly more power metal surge, although there are thrashy elements alongside traditional chimes too.<\/p>\n

Merciless Law is the work of Chilean musician Pancho Ireland who has a fiery set of pipes on him and with this outing he\u2019s carved another batch of rollicking, rattling heavy metal tunes only slightly let down by the programmed drums. But look beyond the lack of fills etc. and you\u2019ll be rewarded with a storming eight track affair which, believe it or not, is the second full-length released this year!<\/p>\n

I guess you could say this is fun yet powerful metal, and one has to be impressed with Pancho\u2019s axe work as he throws crisp riffs at you alongside devilish soloing. Opener \u2018Fly\u2019 hammers like melodious thrash, \u2018Shout\u2019 brims with fiery menace, and \u2018The Undying Fire\u2019 is a molten slab of galloping metal paying homage to the 80s. The same can be said for the excellent \u2018Warmakers\u2019 although there\u2019s extra dollops of pace with this one, while the title track and \u2018Soul Eater\u2019 once again showcase the axe work of Pancho.<\/p>\n

Having not been previously familiar with Pancho Ireland\u2019s work, The Holy Company<\/em> comes as quite a pleasant surprise mostly due to its energy and fire. If you\u2019re looking for consistently upbeat heavy metal then look no further than this wholesome batch of exuberant tunes.<\/p>\n

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

MERCILESS LAWThe Holy Company Stormspell (2022)Rating: 7\/10 The goofy cover artwork makes this sophomore outing look like some long-lost 80s thrash gem but inside this album leans to a slightly more power metal surge, although there are thrashy elements alongside traditional chimes too. Merciless Law is the work of Chilean musician Pancho Ireland who has […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,5145],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97167","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-ep-reviews","category-merciless-law"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97167","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=97167"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97167\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97169,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97167\/revisions\/97169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97167"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97167"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97167"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}