Slaves of the World

Old Man's Child

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 19, 2009)
• Original Release Date: May 19, 2009
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Century Media
• ASIN: B0024RI77U
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #25,072 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Product Description

2009 release, the seventh album from the Norwegian Black Metal outfit. It has been almost four years since Old Man's Child released the highly-acclaimed and successful album Vermin in late 2005. The band's mastermind Galder has kept busy during their downtime with his brothers in crime, Dimmu Borgir. Once you check out the unholy tunes that comprise Slaves Of The World, you will agree that every single flesh-tearing note has been well worth the wait and that the time on the road with Dimmu Borgir has only further sharpened Galder's skills with the axe. Let the killing spree begin!!!

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars progressive, norwegian, black metal, June 1, 2009

By	Damon C. Catt "Damonic force" (olney, illinois) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Slaves Of The World (MP3 Download)

Galder is back with his finest O.M.C. album to date. Galder also of Dimmu Borgir displays his world class talent on slaves of the world. The impessive thing with Galder he can differentiate his style of music from O.M.C. to dimmu borgir entirely well. Galder delivers a full force guttural vocal assault along with precise tight druming ,techical and catchy guitar riffs. This is symphonic black metal with some extraordinary timing signatures. All the elaborate atmospheric pieces are entwined in the music. Fans of death,black metal and even classic thrash this album is for you.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best, most consistent, OMC, July 9, 2009

By	Timothy G. Roettiger "grizzlygator" (Alstead, NH) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I have most of the Old Man's Child back catalogue. While I like the music I was constantly frustrated with its inconsistency. Each release had some good tracks and some duds. Even within a given song there would be moments of brilliance then a nearly song wrecking interlude. I got the feeling that Galder was not always fully applying himself, similar to Warren Zevon or Prince who could go from genius to dud in three minutes and 28 seconds.

This release release banishes that demon (or summons it, as the case may be)and gives us Galder at the top of his game, stem to stern. The songs have all the best elements of past OMC work without the akward moments. This work posseses a coherence and flow that was lacking in previous releases. This is a start to finish listen disc, which is perhaps the best thing I can say about it. Writing , performance, and production are all top notch. I feel that this is the best OMC release to date and will win them many new fans. Buy it!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars okay, June 27, 2009

By	T.M.T. "T.M.T." (Spencerville, MD, USA, Earth, Terran System, Milky Way Galaxy.) - See all my reviews

Perhaps I was a little hasty in my previous review for this. I threw the cd aside to get rid of eventually. A week went by and I decided I would give it one more try before I got rid of it. And wouldn't you know it, it grew on me and I finally decided I liked 4 or 5 songs. Granted, it still can't beat In Defiance of Existence, Vermin or Ill-natured Spiritual Invasion. But, it does go above Pagan Prosperity and Revelation 666 in the hierarchy of OMC albums.