EXELOUME — Fairytale of Perversion (review)

EXELOUME — Fairytale of Perversion album cover Album · 2011 · Thrash Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3.5/5 ·
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"Fairytale of Perversion" is the debut full-length studio album by Norwegian thrash metal act Exeloume. The album was released through ViciSolum Records in May 2011. Exeloume was formed in Trondheim in 2007 and released a couple of demos before being signed. Probably courtesy of their common past in Godsend, guitarist Tom "Welhaven" Wahl has brought in prolific Swedish musician/producer Dan Swanö to mix/master the album. Swanö also delivers guest vocals. The album features a guest guitar solo by Andy LaRoque (King Diamond) too, so Exeloume have made full use of their good connections.

Despite the Ed Repka cover artwork, which more or less screams old school thrash metal, the music on "Fairytale of Perversion" actually sounds a bit more up to date. Especially due to the professional, clear, and powerful sound production, but also because of the more technical approach to riffing and drumming, and because of the aggressive thrashy vocals. The latter mentioned features both a screaming "core" edge and an occasional semi-growling element.

The music on the 12 track, 43:56 minutes long album doesn´t exactly sound like the music of any other particular act, but it´s not terribly original or unique sounding either, it´s just a well performed, well produced, and relatively well written (the material could for the most part, have been a bit more catchy and memorable) take on contemporary thrash metal and a 3.5 star (70%) rating is deserved.
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