{"id":28616,"date":"2024-02-21T09:10:03","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T09:10:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alliedforces.eu\/?p=28616"},"modified":"2024-02-21T09:55:09","modified_gmt":"2024-02-21T09:55:09","slug":"review-midnight-hellish-expectations-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alliedforces.eu\/en\/review-midnight-hellish-expectations-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Midnight: Hellish Expectations (2024, Metal Blade Records)"},"content":{"rendered":"

I don’t remember being as hooked on an album in recent years as I have been on Midnight<\/strong>‘s previous album, Let There Be Witchery<\/a><\/em><\/strong>. Although many supposedly <\/em>connoisseurs of music have classified their compositions as simple and repetitive, there is something that Midnight <\/strong>knows how to do wonderfully and that is to deliver authentic musical gems without giving a shit about what others may think. This is something that I have always valued positively about his alma mater, Athenar<\/strong>, a metal crusader who goes on his own and ignores all the shit that is usually generated on social networks in recent years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Midnight<\/a> <\/strong>is not a band for everyone, that is something that must be taken into account when removing the blister from a new Midnight <\/strong>album. The project led by Athenar <\/strong>has created a school with its raw and dirty sound, combining the aggressiveness of speed metal and the sound that many would easily identify with Mot\u00f6rhead<\/strong>, but it is not a crude copy of the latter as many freely proclaim out there. The proof of this is the fast and catchy Expect Total Hell<\/em><\/strong> that opens the album, a song composed with surgical precision to dissect the listener musically. Fast riffs, sharp guitars and production on par with what any black\/speed fan could expect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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