MEGASCAVENGER
Songs In The Key Of Madness
(Xtreem Music)
28:14min

MEGASCAVENGER is another project by Rogga Johansson. Active since 2012 under this moniker, Rogga unleashed herewith full-length number five via Spanish killers Xtreem Music. The opener ‘They Went Mad’ starts straight into the face and is an uptempo track with all trademarks of OSDM. Similar to his projects RIBSPREADER and PAGANIZER this one also delivers what to expect from Rogga. And once again, I am pretty suprised how solid and good the track sounds. As he has many projects running, not all outputs have the same quality, but MEGASCAVENGER definitely hits the nail. ‘The Beckoning Of The Rats’ continues pretty solid and fast and damn groovy, like a BLOODBATH track, so there is nothing to complain about here and fans of OSDM and Rogga’s work definitely will dig this album as well. Especially the leads are really enjoyable and I guess some bands would like to have him in their ranks as he seems to be the driving Death Metal force in Sweden nowadays. ‘Laboratory Serenades’ continues on the left hand path, but with vocals similar to Dan Swanö’s back in the days and a damn killer guitar chaos at the end. Not sure if the drumming is programmed but it sounds natural and definitely well-done. It also seems that the collaborations with friends of WOMBBATH, PAGANIZER and CROPSY MANIAC work very well on the album and each track covers parts of the Swedish Death Metal history. My favourite definitely is ‘Five Severed Fingers’ as on this one everything really fits and works out perfect and the melodies kill all. The last one in the row ‘A Terrible Tale Of Reeking Remains’ is combining all influences again and closes this pretty good album with a mixture of DISMEMBER and some slight AMON AMARTH with the handwriting of Rogga. Enough said, fans of Rogga already have this one in their collection or should get it shortly. A fine and diverting album. For more info, please check the following sources: www.facebook.com/megascavenger, www.xtreemmusic.com

Michael Kujawska

Michael Kujawska

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