Lyric-wise, "Follow the Reaper" is also decent. The latter is probably the only thing worth of criticism about the record, but I think the remarkability of riffs and solos in this particular case outweighs a slight lack of musical diversity. For example, the guitars sound a little bit rawer and more aggressive (the album is generally louder and more energetic than its predecessor), which suits it perfectly, since it focuses more on speed and emotion than on atmosphere and does not have many standing out songs like "Downfall" (besides "Everytime I Die"). At the same time, the album does not blatantly copy the "Hatebreeder" sound, but instead, improves certain areas of it. You can hear the drums, the keyboards and the vocals (brilliant as always) very clearly. The production is awesome, too, which is what I always appreciate in music. It has amazing riffs (basically every song aside from "Northern Comfort"), great solos ("Bodom After Midnight", "Everytime I Die"), effective use of keyboards adding a lot to the album’s atmosphere ("Mask of Sanity", "Children of Decadence"). The album is perfect in every way imaginable. There isn’t much that I can say about this album that has not already been said, but I still want to review it since I think it’s one of the best metal albums of all time.
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