THE KANDIDATE — Until We Are Outnumbered (review)

THE KANDIDATE — Until We Are Outnumbered album cover Album · 2010 · Thrash Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3.5/5 ·
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Until We Are Outnumbered is the debut full-length studio album by Danish metal act The Kandidate ( formerly known as The Downward Candidate). The album was released in January 2010 by Napalm Records. The band has stirred in the Danish underground metal scene for a couple of years but it was not until a name change took place, and when the band added former Hatesphere frontman Jacob Bredahl to the lineup, that things really started happening for the band.

The music on the album is rooted in thrash metal but there are also hardcore elements in the sound. It´s hard not to think just a little about Hatesphere because of Jacob Bredahl´s/B> distinct, strong and powerful vocal delivery, but other than the vocals The Kandidate don´t sound that much like Hatesphere. The songs on the album are strong and aggressive metal assaults and there´s enough variation to keep the listener´s attention for the only 32:48 minutes that the album lasts. Just take a listen to the hardcore punk influenced Distress and Decay and there´s your variation for you right there. While there are some melodic parts played by the guitar I could have wished for a solo here and there, but I guess that´s an aquired taste.

Jacob Bredahl has handled both recording, producing and mixing the album in his Smart´n´Hard studio in Aarhus, Denmark and it´s no surprise that the sound quality is very good and suits the aggressive music well.

Until We Are Outnumbered is a good debut album by The Kandidate. I don´t find it terribly original or innovative, but if you´re in for little over a half an hour of aggressive and catchy thrashy/ hardcore metal, this album should certainly apply. A 3.5 star rating is deserved.
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