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Crossing the Rubicon again proves that the Amott brothers
are gods. If you listen to this back to back with Arch Enemy you can see what I mean
Killer guitar riffs on this album, and incredible drumming
by Peter Wildoer, who, like Sean Reinert, shows that you can incorporate
finesse and groove into speed metal. This is like a high tech, heavier
Queensryche meets Coroner, I mean, the guy sings just like Ron Royce.
There are a couple of slow spots though, the acoustic passage is a little out of
place to me, and we could have lost the tribal drum solo completely. The best
song follows this percussive faux-pas immediately though, making up for
everything. The guitar tone is pretty cool, it sounds very clean and robotic.
There was a band called Indestructible Noise Command about 10 years ago, and the
guitar player, Erik Barath, had the exact same tone. So, besides the
2 "songs" which seem awkward, Crossing the Rubicon is a progressive metal
achievement of the highest quality, and if you can find it, I highly suggest
picking it up.
8 out of 10
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