After almost three years in torpor, Swedes One Man Army & The Undead Quartet emerge with a new album that sees them going back to the more feral and full-frontal assault of their early works. It’s a formula that has proven to be very successful for them in the past, but on their fourth full-length starts to suffer from the “been there done that” syndrome. That’s not to say that “The Dark Epic” is a dull record, it’s far from that, the band’s brand of groovy and thunderous Swedish death-metal continues to be hard-hitting and testosterone-charged as evidenced on songs like “Stitch”, “Inside the Head of God” and “Devil’s Harlot”. Yet, there are moments here that emanate a feeling of déjà vu and somewhat kills a bit the momentum and impact of the whole album.
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