7 Horns 7 Eyes - Throes of Absolution

I had no knowledge of 7 Horns 7 Eyes before downloading Throes of Absolution. The promises of a brutal metal record were really enough for me to check it out.

Throes of Absolution is fantastic. 7 Horns 7 Eyes sounds like a great European death metal band so finding out their from Seattle was a little bit of a shock. The songs are heavy, have great solos, and like all quality European death metal records, there's a really nice layer of synth ambience. It's just a fantastic metal record.

But it's not mind blowing. I've spun this record a dozen times and I like it a lot. But there's nothing super special that makes me sit up and take notice or that begs me to hit the repeat button. It's just great metal. No more, no less.