Track Listing:

01. Blood Starts Running (Intro)
02. Out of the Clouds
03. A Piece Of You
04. Dead Eyes
05. Bloodred Salvation (Instrumental)
06. Raise Your Remorse
07. As I Watch
08. Overflowing Senses
09. Swallowed Lies
10. Twin Curse

Rated:
7.5 / 10

Total Play Time:
40:41

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I only just recently reviewed Fall of Serenity’s 2004 effort, Royal Killing, and was a little surprised to receive their new album so soon. Not that they have a new album, just that I’d be reviewing this one so quickly afterwards.

Not surprisingly, Bloodred Salvation follows a pretty similar melodic death blueprint that the previous album used as well, though not to its detriment at all. Yes, they use a lot of catchy hooks and riffs and fairly standard song structures, but damnit, I don’t care! I’ve said it before, if you’re simply not a fan of this stuff any longer, or perhaps never were, then of course you may not enjoy this. For anyone like me who’s nearly always hungry for more (so long as it’s well played), I think they’ll find this album to be very much to their liking.

The production, as I had expected, is crystal clear. The bass drum is a little clicky; I think that’s a good thing for melodic death, but some may disagree. The guitars are crunchy and the vocals are right in the front of the mix. Keyboards are used sparingly, when they are they are very noticeable. Strangely the title track, Bloodred Salvation is a very mellow all piano track. It really stands out on the album and is one of the highlights.