Hellriot

Hellriot is a work that directly connected the heavy chugging MYSTIC PROPHECY excels at with big fist-raising choruses. Low-pushing riffs and valiant melody proceed in parallel, and the songs are aggressive yet memorable. Even after a long career, it is a record on which the band’s fighting spirit has not dimmed in the least. On “Hellriot,” “Metal Attack” and “Revenge and Fire,” there is the roughness the title indicates, but at the core of the music is melodic sense. Songs like “Unholy Hell,” “Road to Babylon” and “World on Fire” breathe the band’s full playing too. The strong push of the vocals, the accents of the twin guitars and the stomp of the rhythm unite, conveying the band’s fighting spirit directly. It is a full record for power-metal listeners who seek both weight and catchiness.