Released: 2004
Haterush is a four-piece power metal band from Sweden. That should almost tell you enough about them, and it practically does. Mark of the Warrior was this band’s first album, and it certainly isn’t groundbreaking, earth-shattering or original in any way but it isn’t the worst thing I’ve ever heard either.
The biggest problem here is wild inconsistency. When they add a bit of classic 80s style aggression Haterush is very good, but when they play the HelloGuardianRay card it comes off as little more than shameless copying. The album opens with the pointless “The Chase”, little more than a long keyboard surge and some “climactic” drumming that gives way to “Silver Bullet”, easily one of the most generic power metal songs ever written. It’s only because I’m a nice guy that I let this album play on after this, and found that “Hold On” injects that aforementioned classic sound into proceedings, making for a good, catchy track with crunchy guitars. The next track “Dying to Surrender” follows in the same vein, but then Haterush gets all generic and half-arsed again and this trend continues throughout the whopping 13 songs on Mark of the Warrior.
Surely a shorter album with maybe eight of the better tracks would have been a better introduction to the world, and I really can’t see anyone rushing out to add this to their collection.
- The Chase
- Silver Bullet
- Hold On
- Dying to Surrender
- Solitude Solution
- Titans Will Fall
- Guiding Star
- Sea of Love
- Warrior
- I Will Survive
- Face the Evil
- Rise
- Fly or Die
Rating: 50%
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