It’s time Pressure brings melodic metal to the masses again. After a short break, the heavy-hitters are back with another superb single. Challenging the norm, they have always tried to bend and fold around the weird purity metalheads are notorious for demanding. With changing times, they bring life to a style that is growing in popularity. This is their latest single, Demonic Oath.
With an opening fit for Vikings, Pressure bring riff utilisation to the maximum. Their vocalist Olof Jönsson has peaked his performance in every song, whether it be a fast-paced kicker like this single or one of their slower breakdowns. When Olli Violet joined them, you saw this spiral upwards, a helix of metal and symphony that culminates in a fjord of dreams. The duality in the vocal approach brings the registers in a phase of unison, tying together what many bands lack. Though this is a studio recording, you know their effort and sound will be just as good live. The blistering double bass strafes us in parts, while the gunning riffage is what you’re hooked to. Simon “Siirpo” Forsell brings a memorable solo that serves as the break before the verse explodes into the closing.
I’d like to hear this in the 1994 comic adapted film, The Crow. With some really cool action sequences and a soundtrack leaning towards metal, this song would ring well within the cogs of the movie. All The Things and their self-titled single Pressure are some of their best work. Be sure to listen to their album from earlier this year as well, called In A Dark Heart We Trust. So go ahead and surrender to the metal!