Album Review in Brief - Children of Fire

[5/5]

Oh, Sleeper certainly seems to have an affinity for concept albums. Their previous release, Son of the Morning, told of the battle between god and satan. Children of Fire picks up where that album left off. With a subject like this, intensity and aggression is to be expected. That could be observed in select tracks on Son of the Morning (World Without A Sun, The Finisher) and can be observed to a greater extent in Children of Fire, that increase in aggression making Children of Fire stand out amongst Oh, Sleeper's other albums in terms of overall energy and heaviness. This can be seen in tracks like Endseekers and The Marriage of Steel and Skin. To balance out the aggression, melody is infused throughout the album. Not only does melody excellently co-exist with heaviness in tracks like Hush Yael, Oh ,Sleeper goes so far as to calm things down with a couple purely acoustic tracks. Overall, Oh Sleeper continues to step up their game with their best effort yet, Children of Fire.

Top Picks: Endseekers, The Marriage of Steel and Skin, Hush Yael