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Released
September 14th 2007
LMC213 /
EAN6419922002131
Swedish melodic metallers
Dogpound mark their return with their third
album simply entitled “III”. Almost 2 years
after their critically acclaimed ‘A Night In The Gutter’,
“III” sees the Dogpound trademark hook filled approach reach
new highs with a powerful production perfectly allowing the
bands best songs thus far to soar with a potent mix of strong
musical hooks and infectious vocals melodies.
For “III” the band wrote 25 songs which were reduced to
the 14 you ultimately hear on the album today. This differs to
the approach the band took on their previous 2 releases the
aforementioned ‘Night In The Gutter’ and ‘The Hellbum’.
Guitarist Micke Dahlqvis comments, “On the earlier albums
we pretty much recorded all of the songs that we had at the
moment but this time the songs had time to grow into shape
which made it easier to see which songs should be on the disc
or not. Lyrically, there’s still a lot of black humour
involved, but maybe with a twist of seriousness this time
around due to sheer amount of disturbing stuff going on in the
world”.
Musically “III” the band sounding hungrier than ever
with a slightly heavier sound which can be seen as a natural
evolution over the course of the bands three albums. With
their inspiration coming from the diverse nature of the bands
influences all helps add to the unique Dogpound style.
Although maybe not being obvious these influences directly
influence the end Dogpound product. The bands aim with “III”
was quite simple – to do it all better than they’d done
before. On the result drummer Tuka simply states, “the result
was way beyond our expectations, take a listen and decide for
yourself”.
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