I have been looking forward to hearing this album for at least a year now. The wait is over! Sons of Thunder lives up to all the hype. If you have seen SG live in the past year some of the songs will sound a bit familiar. It doesn't matter though, this album is better than I expected it to be. The first 3 tracks, "Gang Signs", "No One Leaves This Room Sick" and "Sons of Thunder" are up on the band's myspace page. Bruce from 100 Demons makes an appearance on this record as well on track 4 "Descending into Hell". The sound of this album is a little different than the last one ("Dread Champions of the Last Days") but it is a welcome one. It's heavier and the tempo is slowed a little bit but not so much as to notice. I had to listen to a few tracks side by side to really notice. There are only 9 tracks but 4 of the 9 are over 5 minutes in length. This album as a whole is amazing. I haven't stopped listening to it since I got it and I doubt this will be out of the CD player in my car for at least a week. I know I said that another CD would be hard to beat for Album of the Year, but that was before I heard Sons of Thunder! I can say that this album will be up there with Overcome's "When Beauty Dies", NIV's "Flesh and Blood", and Comeback Kid's "Wake the Dead" as one that I will be listening to for a long time to come. You can still pre-order the CD through the SG myspace. I definetly recomend this album to anyone into hardcore, Christian or not, this is one of those albums that dranscends beliefs and can be enjoyed by all who enjoy great music. 10 out of 10.
