Comments on: Old Man’s Child – Slaves of the World

By: Desperado

Desperado — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 02:48:33 +0000

I wanted to like this one but its stylistically a bit different than the previous several.I like the older album’s pretty moments,which share nice similarities with early DB with my fav of theirs being PEM.The production really makes this album come off as deathy,also kind of a putof for me,and I’m a deathhead to the max.Hopefully it’ll click.

By: Dimaension X

Dimaension X — Fri, 29 May 2009 16:43:25 +0000

It’s much “thrashier” than I thought it would be. I think I do like Galder better without Dimmu. I think Dimmu’s songs all sound the same now.

By: ceno

ceno — Fri, 29 May 2009 11:13:06 +0000

I liked it from the very first shot. Spectacular as usual. So is the reviewer’s work, of course. :lol:

By: axiom

axiom — Wed, 27 May 2009 17:53:35 +0000

I guess this deserves another listen, I thought it was pretty dull.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Wed, 27 May 2009 17:45:37 +0000

I agree with the above statement about the songs. Dimmu writes really good songs, Old Man’s Child has a lot of great riffs/parts. But I think that’s part of the hampering experience of writing alone. It’s a lot easier to craft a “song” when working with a group. I enjoy this album as there are a lot of cool parts, but as lame as Dimmu can be, they win in the song department. This is still a solid album though and I’ve been listening to it since I bought it a couple days ago.

By: gabaghoul

gabaghoul — Tue, 26 May 2009 21:28:56 +0000

ehhh I don’t know about that. like I said these songs are choppier – there are plenty of awesome pieces, but in terms of being complete and differentiated experiences, they tend to run together. I can clearly conjure up the difference between Progenies, Absolute Sole Right, Mourning Palace or Vrebesbyrd in my mind, but it’s pretty hard to do that with most of OMC’s recent catalog. I still enjoy it but I think DB craft clearer compositions overall.

By: Chris S

Chris S — Tue, 26 May 2009 21:23:44 +0000

OMC has always smoked Dimmu Borgir. Having better promo and a bigger press kit doesn’t mean that you are a better band. Galder has always been able to write better on his own and all the OMC albums clearly point that out.

By: Red

Red — Tue, 26 May 2009 18:45:25 +0000

Spot on review!!! I was hesitant about picking this one up, I liked In Defiance… but Vermin just didn’t seem to pull me in. Glad I did though, this one seems to have more heft and honestly I seem to enjoy OMC a bit more than Dimmu…

By: gabaghoul

gabaghoul — Tue, 26 May 2009 15:07:23 +0000

i didn’t get the bonus track, crap, probably should have mentioned that. oh wells.

By: Erik Thomas

Erik Thomas — Tue, 26 May 2009 14:58:49 +0000

zzzzzzzz- when the best song is a redo from the killer debut- theres a problem