New Weapon song!
Many praised last year’s Drakonian Paradigm by Weapon, but I wasn’t feeling it. The intent – a polytheistic approach to black metal’s Satanism, but with the melody of thrash and traditional metal – was good. The execution was not. Some parts were frustratingly musically conservative, while the band felt too rickety to have any power.
However, new members are in the band, and the improvement is audible. Weapon have uploaded a new track, “Vortex-11724” to their MySpace (you can stream it below). They sound like they have more backbone now, and given a higher production budget, the song could have come from Behemoth. (That higher budget wouldn’t necessarily be a good thing; despite some strong material, Behemoth’s last two albums have been too slick for me.) Drakonian Paradigm put Weapon on my “to watch” list. Now this song makes me excited for Weapon’s new album From the Devil’s Tomb, out November 1 on The AJNA Offensive and Agonia. In the meantime, check out some new shirt designs at Weapon’s webstore.
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