Gollum - The Core (2009)

This is pretty boring. I hear mostly hardcore mixed with hard rock, and a few tracks that dabble in post-metal. Unfortunately, the riffs are simplistic and repetitive and the vocals are generic hardcore-style. The playing is actually pretty tight for the most part, but not particularly challenging. Also of note is the one time I can remember that they tried a guitar solo ("Schadenfreude"): simply dreadful. This doesn't really leave me with much of an impression. Nothing here is novel or really original, it's just bland and banal.