Rock Music Critic

	Order of Nine
	Season of Reign

	I think Lance King and I must have very similar tastes in music, because he is 3-for-3 in sending me music that is totally my style. I like what he is doing over there at Nightmare Records, because I just don't hear this kind of metal anywhere else. Right away I'm digging the guitars on this disc. They are fat and meaty and in your face. The tone is nice too. The singer totallllly reminds me of someone, but who it is completely eludes me at the moment. He sounds different from song to song, so it is hard for me to nail down. I like that this disc isn't overproduced. So much metal today has this wall of sound, that while crushing, is kind of boring and makes it difficult to discern the different notes and chords. In that sense it has almost an 80's production style. But this doesn't sound dated. No, in fact it sounds quite rockin'. I've got it! When he goes up higher this singer sounds like Messiah Marcolin in old Candlemass! He sounds nothing like him when singing lower though. Ok, look, I can't think of any good reason for you not to buy this disc and support this band. If I could, I'd tell you, but I can't. It's good. I like it.
TRACKLIST: Learn the Way Some Sort of God Bloodline The End Moment of Weakness Vow of Silence Bull Run A Matter of Pride Somnia Requiem Betrayal Nameless