Hail the Apocalypse is the fifth studio album by Swedish metal group AVATAR. The album was released May 13th via eOne Music. Of the album, frontman Johannes Ekerström said, “this batch has been brewing for quite some time now, and we’re really excited about finally unleashing the apocalypse upon you all. We are opening the floodgates and damage will be done.” Terrifying? Slightly. Badass? Absolutely.
The sound of the album is something that I had never heard before, it has a very unique sound from other metal bands I’ve listened to in the past. Most fans have dubbed them modern metal/melodic death metal, but honestly they’re so much more than that, and that shines through in this album. I’m not exactly sure what I would call it, can we just make ‘hella awesome’ a genre or something? Though not everyone shares my sentiments, I’m sure I’ve scarred many a co-worker and a puppy (sorry Newt) with the frequency I listened to the album. Oops.