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Band
8-Point Rose
Title
Primigenia
Type
LP/EP
Company
Escape Music
YOR
2010
Style
Power
5/1/2010 10:00:35 AM - Review by: Chris Kincaid
Combines elements of Power Metal and Extreme Metal. It's less Dungeons & Dragons, lyrically speaking, with an emphasis on human emotions and partying hard. Vocalist Marcus Nygren delivers on solid melodies which lean more to the Power genre. But backed by brutal riffs, double kicks and furious screams from guitarist Alexander Timander. It gives the album an extreme feeling especially on the closing track 'Name of Time' which contains a mighty growl courtesy of Simon Berglund of Zonaria fame.
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    3.5 :AVE RATING

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REVIEWER DATE MADE RATING
Primigenia
2010
Escape Music
Chris Kincaid5/1/2010
3.5

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