Gallows End - Nemesis Divine

Nemesis Divine (Trial of the Gods)
Soul Collector
Kingdom of the Damned
No Return
The Curse
Set the World in Flames
Not Your Own
Different Eyes
The End
The Unborn Flag
Storm of Fate
Riders of the North

Broadcasting with the commendable conviction that seems to be inherent in the Swedish, Gallows End do live up to their own motto ‘Pure fucking heavy metal.’ It’s heavy metal if you strip away a couple of decades of evolution, down to the DNA of wailing solos and galloping riffs.

With the hyperactive lead guitars and adventurous bass lines riding high in the mix throughout this thoroughly overdriven album there comes some great musicianship, and the rhythm guitars are tight and pacy. These are some promising elements of originality among the more familiar, tired-sounding stock riffs and perfectly functional but never impressive hard rock vocals.

While there is nothing groundbreaking about them yet, this young band play pure fucking heavy metal with a great deal of skill and without pretence and will make friends with the ears of many an air-guitarist.

Reviewed by Mike Gilpin
‘Nemesis Divine’ is out now on Farvahar.