{"id":99993,"date":"2023-05-19T00:00:36","date_gmt":"2023-05-18T23:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=99993"},"modified":"2023-05-22T13:25:55","modified_gmt":"2023-05-22T12:25:55","slug":"album-review-frozen-soul-glacial-domination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-frozen-soul-glacial-domination\/","title":{"rendered":"FROZEN SOUL – Glacial Domination (2023) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

FROZEN SOUL
Glacial Domination<\/strong><\/span>
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\nCentury Media (2023)<\/span>
Rating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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I find it slightly odd that Trivium\u2019s Matt Heafy should be drafted in to help produce this eagerly awaited sophomore outing from frosty death metal brigade Frozen Soul. The Texas band\u2019s 2021 debut full-length outing Crypt Of Ice<\/em>, even with its Bolt Thrower influences, was an impressive tome, but this time round the quintet has progressed greatly. Sure, you still get blasted by the blizzards of belligerence and the hails of cold horror, but everything this time feels more measured and mature.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s not to say that Frozen Soul has sacrificed any of its ash-coated juggernaut tendencies. However, there are more melodious segments and Heafy gets a co-writing credit on \u2018Abominable\u2019 which is basically evidence of evolution in the making for the band. Other notable surprises are \u2018Arsenal Of War\u2019 with its solos and \u2018Assimilator\u2019 with its varying tempos.<\/p>\n

Naturally the album still churns in a similar fashion to the debut which so infectiously dragged us into its permafrost, and so there is plenty of bludgeoning to behold such as on \u2018Morbid Effigy\u2019 which features guest vocals from Dying Fetus frontman John Gallagher. Elsewhere, \u2018Best Served Cold\u2019 is rhythmically spasmodic in its riffage and savage with its breakdown, while opener \u2018Invisible Tormentor\u2019 is a groove-laden monstrosity of the highest order.<\/p>\n

Hardcore events drift into this album like once frozen vapours now reduced to white dust by the sun and swept up by the gale. Through such a tundra I still believe that Frozen Soul may divide death metal fans and they certainly aren\u2019t the high and mighty Everest of the scene that some will lead you to believe. Even so, Glacial Domination<\/em> does enough to showcase a diversity and power that will prompt its audience to continue with the arctic puns. Frozen Soul is the cold snap that cracks your bones and turns your blood to ice.<\/p>\n

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

FROZEN SOULGlacial Domination Century Media (2023)Rating: 8\/10 I find it slightly odd that Trivium\u2019s Matt Heafy should be drafted in to help produce this eagerly awaited sophomore outing from frosty death metal brigade Frozen Soul. The Texas band\u2019s 2021 debut full-length outing Crypt Of Ice, even with its Bolt Thrower influences, was an impressive tome, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,5358],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-99993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-ep-reviews","category-frozen-soul"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99993","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=99993"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99993\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":99997,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99993\/revisions\/99997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}