Kalmah Album: “They Will Return [Japan Bonus Track]”

This is most likely the best black metal CD I have ever heard. This band seems very unheard of, and if you stumble across them, even if you aren't into black metal, listen to them! This CD is varied, hard hitting, and emotional.There is a Megadeth cover at the end - which I found to be very cool, becuase Megadeth rules. The songs shift in mood, and style - some very dark, in a melencoly and somber way, some very bittersweet, and one in particular (My Nation) with a heavy metal/power metal feel. I love it, and if you like metal, you will too.

The style is closest to what one would call "Swamp Metal" as the band calls themselves. The vocalist is actually what makes the band so great in my opinion. He blends into the entire band, creating that universal feeling. One reviewer claimed the vocalist could've been better. However, I must disagree. Also, the keyboard solos and the guitar riffs are much darker than Bodom. It's something you need to experience on your own.

Just to add onto everyone else's reviews, Kalmah is awesome. Most people I know that were big Children of Bodom fans had a new favorite band when I burned them a copy of They Will Return and Swamplord. awesome drums and percussion, mind-blowing guitars lead and rhythm, and you will eventually learn to love the vocals, they grow on you. so much talent here in one group, it's hard to explain unless you really listen to some of their songs all the way through. check out Swamplord and The Black Waltz, as well as a band called Wintersun.

This album can best described as being somewhat similar to Children of bodom, except taking all elements of their music, and making them more extreme and mixing it with old Dark Tranquillity. This album makes it dark, beautiful, fast, heavy, done with a greatly rounded band, with good, actually awesome, guitars, keyboards, drums, and bass.

The songs on this are absolutely amazing, with a good range, from slow, dark, and moody, too absolutely insane parts, blast beats, screaming, and all that good stuff. The songs never get never get boring, actually, the songs are gripping, you can't ignore them, they are the farthest thing from boring.

you can't pick a favorite song to on this album

They Will Return is one of the better black metal albums I've heard in a while. If you threw Children of Bodom's Follow the Reaper, Emperor's In the Nightshade Eclipse and Megadeth's Youthansia in a blender this is what would come out. There are myriad guitar solo's, keyboards, blast beats and ambiance to be found on this record. Like another reviewer said, this is black metal with a Dave Mustaine feel to it(They even cover Megadeth's Skin o my teeth on this album). The vocalist is the only thing that really isn't spectacular on this album and the reason this dosen't get a 5. He gets the job done but is pretty generic for a BM vocalist. Recommended for fans of Children of Bodom and Emperor. I also recommend Lord Belial, Norther, and Leviathan in addition to this.