AFTER OBLIVION — Stamina (review)

AFTER OBLIVION — Stamina album cover Album · 2012 · Technical Death Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3.5/5 ·
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"Stamina" is the debut full-length studio album by the Bosnia and Herzegovinian death metal act After Oblivion. The album was released through Metal on Metal Records in November 2012. After Oblivion was formed in 2007 and have released a couple of EPs and a split before releasing "Stamina". They have been active much longer than that though as they were known as Path Beyond Serenity from 1999 - 2007.

On "Stamina" the band play a technical death metal style highly reminiscent of "The Sound of Perseverance (1998)"-era Death. Actually the music on "Stamina" is so much akin to the sound of the last Death album, down to the sneering high pitched and über processed vocals, that it´s almost eerie. After Oblivion are a very well playing act and the sound production on the album is professional and well sounding too, but the fact that the band are content to mimick the sound of their heroes, instead of trying to compose original sounding material, is a bit of a turn-off to me. Judging from their technical skills it´s not beyond their ability. At 31:30 minutes "Stamina" is a short and "to the point" kind of release, and it works in the album´s favour that After Oblivion don´t let the tracks drag on for too long. The songwriting is on a pretty good level, but generally lack the catchy hooks of the best material by their heroes.

"Stamina" is an album for people who miss the sound of Death and are content with listening to a band that sounds as much like a clone as it´s possible. Maybe "death metal karaoke" is a bit too strong (and negative) a description, and isolated seen "Stamina" is both a powerful, well produced and well played album, so I guess a 3 - 3.5 star (65%) rating is fair.
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