Revolting - Dreadful Pleasures (2009)

   Revolting is also one of the numerous bands of Rogga Johansson. If his name already became similar to a trademark because of his nearly saturating death metal bands, it might be not hard to figure out what to expect from Revolting.
   Old school Swedish death metal, but somehow a bit different from what the audience was used to. The style features are easy to notice, but Revolting is more thrash influenced, so therefore more intense and sounds friendlier than most ordinary Swedish death. The style itself is definitely not a progressive contest, so to hear quite simple and basic themes might be not surprising. In the case of Revolting these are maybe simpler than before because of the thrashy roots, and some catchy leading melodies were involved too. So even though the lyrical concept is horror and gore based, the main impression could seem happy for the death metal trained audience. The album is like the mix of some '80s nostalgia feeling and modern sound. That's also a returning feature, but not only at Mr. Johansson's projects, but also in the modern Swedish metal scene. "Dreadful Pleasures" could be enjoyable for the fans of Swedish death metal.