CODE OF SILENCE “Dark Skies Over Babylon”

CODE OF SILENCE
“Dark Skies Over Babylon”
(Mausoleum)
CODE OF SILENCE might have one leg in Europe and the other in South America but that should not stop them from producing some really cool heavy metal. And with a lyrical concept about the Crusaders this could very well turn out to be a highlight of 2013 in heavy metal. There is a very laidback (meant in a positive way) feel to this album. Like if AOR and heavy metal had a bastard child. You get the attitude of heavy metal and the melodic sensibility of AOR. There is a flow to this that is as smooth as honey. I usually don’t go for the sickening sweet but this has an edge that makes me sit up and take notice. I can’t seem to get enough of this. Anders Ekdahl