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Review: Metal Detektor - Violence and Pride
Metal Detektor
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Violence and Pride

Label: Rude Awakening Records
Year released: 2025
Duration: 44:15
Tracks: 8
Genre: Heavy Metal

Rating:
3.25/5


Review online: October 19, 2025
Reviewed by: Michel Renaud
Review

Upon seeing the logo and artwork, I thought this would be a thrash band, but Metal Detektor is a melodic heavy metal band. Melodic, but crunchy enough that it's not syrupy. The vocals are clean and the vocalist is pretty good, though the vocal melodies aren't all that catchy, unlike what one might expect from this subgenre. Sometimes he pushes too hard and it can be a tiny bit cringy, but not so bad as to make the songs unlistenable—you kind of get used to it. Musically it's a mix of old-school melodic heavy metal and a bit of modern power metal, but not the happy-go-lucky stuff. It's a fine album while it's on, but I can't say I remember any of it once it's over. In a crowded subgenre, Metal Detektor will need to up their game to be noticed. Then again, they've been around for 25 years (they've never crossed my desk, mind you), so... Check it out if you can't get enough melodic heavy metal in your metal diet.

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