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Officer Negative
The Death Campaign Project
After all the drama of vocalist Chad Wiggins getting ousted and the up-in-the-air future of the band called The Death Campaign, it’s good to finally have this album out. I love how the keyboards (courtesy of Roger Bell) that add a doomy, gothic sound to the solid rock backbone and sometimes death/black metal vocal stylings (of Chad Wiggins). The brilliant musical flavorings that this outfit so deftly displayed during its short-lived live performance era are reproduced well. Adjectives like vibrant and heavy go well with “haunting” and “melodic.” The rhythm section (Casey Wisenbaker on bass; Daniel Osborne on drums; Joey Buli and Taylor Allender on guitars) effortlessly keeps a consistent vibe going from beginning to end. A great thematic story can be found interwoven in the lyrics – pain, love, darkness, hope, beauty, light, restoration. An epic journey is to be had, even if unintentional. It’s a shame that this project could not live on beyond these 10 songs. [Tooth & nail] DV
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