Vampire - Rex (2020)

Due for release on the 19th of June via Century Media Records, Gothenburg’s Vampire are back with their third studio album, Rex. The Swedish death metal band formed in 2011 and have since released a demo, a split album with Miasmal, an EP and two full length studio albums. The last of those is 2017’s With Primeval Force. An album that was received well and grew the band’s fanbase, confirming they are definitely a band that can have a long and lasting impact on heavy metal. Vampire have really grown with Rex. It is a phenomenal album full of exhilarating and exciting compositions with very little let up. You can always tell when an album is good when you get lost in it and the 40 odd minutes seem to pass in seconds and that is what happens here. Vampire still hit as hard as ever, don’t worry about that. There are no ballads or acoustic lullabies here for you but they have evolved as all clever bands do. You wont hear many better death metal albums this year so don’t sleep on this one.