Serpent Omega

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Serpent Omega
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Monday, October 14, 2013
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Essentially what you get with Serpent Omega is another entry into the world of sludge/doom/stoner metal that is already populated by the likes of Kylesa, Hull, Entombed, Lair of the Minotaur, Negative Reaction and even Pantera. While fanatics of that particular little niche might be the ones to get the biggest kick out of Serpent Omega, the overall unoriginality of the album is very unfelling. It is not like I haven't heard this sort of heavy riffing, screaming female Crisis -like vocals, stomp tempos and material before elsewhere. You can't fault the band for lack of enthusiasm or lousy production as it contains quality on both counts. But ultimately this style is limiting and I would hope this Swedish metal quartet would make some attempt in the future to stand apart from their benefactors.

70/100