SINS OF OMISSION – the creation LP black

lim. black vinyl to 150 copies

Forgotten Swedish Death Metal album “The Creation” finally available on vinyl!

Sins of Omission was a great Swedish band trailing in the footsteps of the formidable At the Gates, and one could say that they probably had a sound close to the “Slaughter of the Soul” era, with a few pretty notable exceptions which push their 1999 debut over the top from just a trend hopper to something well worth having.

From the stunning Kristian Wåhlin artwork to the excellent punch of the production, this was for sure one of the better efforts heard from the tenure of Sweden’s Black Sun Records, a label with some promise that unfortunately did not survive very far into the new millennium. But that is clearly no fault of this quartet, who had much of the promise of their own influences but never broke to a broader audience, and we know it sounds like a broken record but it was all due to the saturation of this sound.

But in the hands of Sins of Omission, this sound was still damn potent by the close of the 90s, and this is an album that not only gives some instant gratification but sticks around as a finer example of the style.

For one, we think the lead guitars here, and a lot of the surgical, almost neo-classically defined melodies, are often superior to that better known band, almost as if they were twisting in a little of another influence, In Flames, over the more thrashing subtext of At the Gates, and it’s really damn effective on numbers like the unforgettable opener “Eager for the Fray” or the title track. The riffs through the whole album are pretty much a hit, and everything seems pretty well plotted out, and while they are not always as intense as their primary inspiration, they make up for that with those melodic adventures which are often more akin to an evil power/metal vibe of the era.

“The Creation” is with ease one of the better albums within this style which got not enough love, and whether you’re a huge fan of “Slaughter of the Soul” or you enjoy other bands in its wake like Darkane, Soilwork and Impious, this is totally an album worth snapping up now. Just as virile sounding today as it was then.

Tracks:

1. Eager for the Fray
2. Reap the Storm
3. The Creation
4. Burn the Night
5. The Experiment
6. Let Them March
7. The Serpentine Route
8. To the Grind
9. Exhibition of Sins

Genres: Melodic Death Metal, Death Metal

GPSR Information:
Manufacturer:
Hammerheart Records BV
P.O. Box 277, 6300 AG Valkenburg, Netherlands
info(at)hammerheart.com