Unanimated
“Yes this is all fine and good, but does it rock?” In the case of Stockholm's Unanimated, it most certainly does. Along with the use of reverbed vocals, fast-tremolo riffing and intricate drumming, the band throws in the occasional hard-rock guitar solo. In certain parts of In the Forest of the Dreaming Dead, you’d think they hired Mike McCready to lay down some bluesy face-shredding, as the solos have a distinct pentatonic/blues-scale resonance that sets them apart from the more common aeolian/phrygian sound. And that’s not an insult either. Though a lot of terrible hard rock came out in the mid-90s, Unanimated manage to weave the better parts seamlessly into their blend of black and death metal.
