Heaven Shall Burn - Invictus (2010)^{Release ID: 5423}

There's some serious metal going on for most of this album & I quite like it. It's about time someone put out some melodic death metal with balls & the At The Gates influence is strong here. The vocals are the highlight as they are extremely powerful for the most part. I can excuse the occasional flourish of metalcore when there are such strong metal riffs on display. There are also no wanky guitar solos to be found. Even the weaker, more melodic sections only appear for short periods before being overtaken by something more substantial. Unfortunately the last few tracks are very disappointing, especially "Of Forsaken Poets" which is just plain terrible. But overall this is worth a good listen or two.