Unholy Cross

Vinyl LP pressing. 2011 album from the Swedish power metal band. Starting with the anthemic opener "Moria" this album will capture you and is never going to let you go. It is right here where you can admire singer Patrik "Pata" Johansson for the first time in action. His voice is just predestined for this kind of music and puts an incredible depth into Unholy Cross. That's the reason why songs like the emotional half-ballad "Brothers Of War" (maybe the finest song of that kind since Hammerfall's "Glory To The Brave") or the strong "The Ones We Left Behind" as well as up-tempo-tracks such as "In The Dead Night" become outstanding compositions on an album which is on the highest level from the first second on. But also production-wise Unholy Cross has to be considered the most mature and high-class Bloodbound output so far, with nobody less but Jonas Kjellgren (Sonic Syndicate, Scar Symmetry) taking care of mixing and mastering.