So the battle cry goes up on Raised Fist"s stunning fifth full-length Veil Of Ignorance. Picking up where 2006"s powerful Sound Of The Republic left off, and tearing at your ears like a rabid pitbull on steroids, the Lulea, Sweden quintet are in suitably defiant form after over a decade and a half thrilling audiences around the globe. Includes the tracks "FRIENDS & TRAITORS", "WOUNDS" and "WORDS & PHRASES". The band proclaimed they were aiming for total perfection on their 5th album, which had brutal consequences for bass player Andreas "Josse" Johansson. The bass player ended up in hospital after playing and recording bass lines up to 18 hours a day, which left him with a serious elbow injury and hospitalized for days. As the band quietly stated, ... mehr lesen