Swallow the Sun- Emerald Forest and the Blackbird

This is a great album. So far the best metal album of the year! This Epic/Death/Doom band from Finland have crafted a masterpeice. The production quality is excellent. The guitars are crisp and easily heard. The bass booms and the drums hold everything in place. The song structure is diffrent then what swallow the sun have done with previous releases. They have more soft ballad like songs on this album and it really works. Dont get me wrong their death/thrash masterpeices are still here. Hate lead the way is the best song and is just brutal. Buy this album it is top notch and will surely be topping my year end list.