Falconer's fourth album, with guitarist Jimmy Hedlund and bassist Magnus Linhardt replacing the booted Anders and Peder Johansson, is virtually bereft of the folk touches that gave them such a notable sound - only towards the end, with the morbid tale of Jack the Ripper ("Jack The Knife") and "Child Of The Wild" does it come through just a touch. Instead is a pretty standard heavy metal style, and vocalist Kristoffer Göbel, while not bad, still can't match Mathias Blad. He even sounds like Bon Scott at one point!
Having said all that, there's still much to like on
Grime vs Grandeur, like the anthemic opener "Emotional Skies" and "Humanity Overdose", and the overall result is a pleasing listen - it's not excessively worse than what they have done before. It's just not the same.
However, things were to change, as Göbel got his marching orders, and Blad returned for the highly acclaimed
NORTHWIND.
***1/2
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