Wait! No make up?! Well yes they no longer wear the black metal parafernalia. It was always kinda weird for me to see em dress like that and perform powermetal. Well having that out of my chest lets talk about this great album. Bloodbound was powermetal by the book, solos, hooks, vocal you name it. It was ok but how long could it last? Seems like not much. This swedish guys have had the wisdom to change and remain relevant. Its still power metal but with a twist, amodern twist that is.It reminds of the last Thunderstorm album I enjoyed; "Tools of Destruction" (We miss you Pasi Rantanen!!) "Tabula Rasa" has power and chunky riffs, it also has the amazing vocals of Urban breed what that makes this album shine. We loved their debut, we got back to 80s with "Book of the dead", now its a new beginnin (thats what tabula rasa means anyway) this guys just have it! Recommended!

Label: Blistering Records
Genre: Heavy Power metal
Rating: 8/10