Horror metal, well I suspected some dark slow and sinister metal. I pressed the play button and the intro of the first song began. Sounded very cool. But then when the vocals start screaming “Give em hell” I was very disappointed. Horror? Well, the vocals sound like the vocals of Lordi. Not very horror in my opinion. And the music? Goregrind? Nope, it’s more like ordinary heavy metal mixed with a slight touch of Rammstein or Atrocity and some gothic influences.

Okay, I was a little disappointed because it was very different as I expected. But does it make this album bad?

After I told myself to forget my expectations I listened the album again. The songs are quite ok, good compositions and the mix is good. Most of the time the songs are very catchy, sometimes even sing-alongs. Lots of electronics are used to give the songs an extra feeling. Sometimes I even sense a little glamrock.

I really like the song ‘Another Life’. A dark sounding ballad, with a great atmosphere and a lot of feeling. Well I can imagine some people will hear a horror element in this song. Personally I don’t think it is horror, but hey, mostly I listen to black metal or other dark genre’s. Ajattara, or My Dying Bride, that is horror to me. The 7^th Seal can better be compared with King Diamond, for the horror that is. If you think the shockrock of Alice Cooper is horror, then Death SS is horror.