Slaughter of the Soul

The arrangements are tight and performances strong (guitarists Anders Bjorler and Martin Larsson clearly have practiced their riff action many a time), and the occasional extra touch like acoustic guitar or notable space in the production, holding back at points rather than just grinding things into the ground, never hurts. 'Cold' is a good example of soft electric guitar break about 2 minutes in, while the instrumental 'Into the Dead Sky' consists of nothing but similarly calm guitar and whooshing background noises. From Earache Records.