Red Raven
Chapter Two: DigitHell

A red raven from Germany soars over the metallic landscapes and screeches loudly through a collapse all the way to the end of times. It is their second chapter, the first was released in 2014 and this one is said to contain songs that the repeat function of the music player was invented for. I think that is a load of bollocks, the repeat function was probably not invented for any kind of particular song, just for the ones the listener likes and this listener has not used the repeat button once when playing this album, the forward button however is another matter. There is a dozen tracks on this album and I think they would have done wisely to do without a few of them. But before we get to that, lets look at what we get.

The music is classic heavy metal, it sounds quite German in my opinion. Not very original with songs that remind me quite a lot of other songs I have heard in my time as a music fan and critic. The production is very good though and so is the vocalist, this of course makes this a good album to listen to. The songs are also quite varied but as the playing time is on the long side I still think a bit stronger variation would have been preferable. Overall though I have to say that this album is a very solid production, perhaps nothing spectacular but very solid from beginning to end.

There are some highlight songs on the album like the first proper song called Collapse, which is a song I like quite a bit. I also think that the ending track should be considered a highlight of this album, an album that overall can be considered to be rather good even though it may not push all the right buttons for me as a critic. Fans of heavy metal will most likely find this album very appealing, so if you like traditional heavy metal and especially the German kind you should really have a closer look at this album.

Red Raven’s second chapter has its moments but overall it is a tad on the long side and I don’t think you should listen too closely as it is easy to have the mind wander away from the album in order to try and deduce what songs they have used as templates for the songs on this album. Still, I think that Red Raven has put together a good album for their second chapter, and it could be worth checking out.

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