BravePicks 2015 – TRIBULATION's The Children Of The Night #10

There’s something in the water in Sweden. The Scandinavian country is churning out quality metal like there’s no tomorrow and it’s no different with Tribulation as they certainly opened up people’s eyes churning out death metal with progressive/black/rock tendencies with the eloquent The Children Of The Night.

David Perri reviewed the album, giving it a 9/10 and wrote, “Though we would have been more than happy if Tribulation had continued the speed-on-speed of the debut, the point on the spectrum this group currently finds itself on is fulfilling as well. In embracing the endless grey of late ‘70s/early ’80s Manchester post-punk and staring intently at the metal world through that lens, Tribulation has created a record that is despondent, vinyl authentic and aggressively eloquent. The closest comparison is fellow Swedes In Solitude (RIP), but The Children Of The Night finds itself more expansive than that band’s output. Beastmilk and its perfect debut, Climax, come to mind as well, but Tribulation embraces its metal roots far more than Beastmilk does (which is fine, ‘cos like we said, Climax is a perfect, masterful 10). The Children Of The Night is an effort that’s just as washed-out as Tribulation’s promo pictures depict. And its detached nature feels so much more subversive than the multitude upon multitude of extreme metal collectives unsubtly yelling ‘EVIL!’ in hyperbolic ways.”

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(Photo – Linda Åkerberg)

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10) TRIBULATION – The Children Of The Night (Century Media)
11) ENFORCER – From Beyond (Nuclear Blast)
12) FEAR FACTORY – Genexus (Nuclear Blast)
13) CRADLE OF FILTH – Hammer Of The Witches (Nuclear Blast)
14) AMORPHIS – Under The Red Cloud (Nuclear Blast)
15) MELECHESH – Enki (Nuclear Blast)
16) NAPALM DEATH – Apex Predator – Easy Meat (Century Media)
17) GHOST – Meliora (Loma Vista Recordings)
18) MOTÖRHEAD – Bad Magic (UDR)
19) MARDUK – Frontschwein (Century Media)
20) LAMB OF GOD – VII: Sturm Und Drang (Epic)
21) SYMPHONY X – Underworld (Nuclear Blast) 
22) HELLOWEEN – My God-Given Right (Nuclear Blast)
23) MICHAEL SCHENKER’S TEMPLE OF ROCK – Spirit On A Mission (Inakustik)
24) SAXON – Battering Ram (UDR)
25) KAMELOT – Haven (Napalm Records)
26) VENOM – From The Very Depths (Spinefarm)
27) CHILDREN OF BODOM – I Worship Chaos (Nuclear Blast)
28) KATAKLYSM – Of Ghosts And Gods (Nuclear Blast)
29) EUROPE – War Of Kings (UDR)
30) MY DYING BRIDE – Feel The Misery (Peaceville)