Spiritual Beggars - Demons

Wow, this album is killer. I've heard about this Michael Amott (of Arch Enemy) side project, but never actually got around to listening to it. The band also features Sharlee D'Angelo of Arch Enemy. While listening to this, I thought that power rock would be a good description, and low and behold, on their myspace page it states: "HEAVY POWER ROCK FROM SWEDEN!!!" Michael Amott is a master of writing catchy riffs and I'm sure this album is a release for many riffs that Amott writes that don't quite fit the metal-ness of Arch Enemy. The vocalist approaches the power metal style without crossing over to the lame side ala Rhapsody or Hammerfall. This album is just a good rock album similar to perhaps Corrosion of Comformity or even Clutch with more leads. Great stuff. I've got a lot of digging around to do to uncover some more from this band.