Genre: Death metal
Origin: Russia
Released: 2007
Website: Ambrazura
Label: Tunes of Torture
Uploaded: 07.05.08

What the hell�s happened to Ambrazura? This is certainly not as good as Life & death (the only other album I�ve heard by them). That annoying drum problem is still there; rigid and sucky as soon as it speeds up. And in Pain the drumming�s way off, not even close to being in tune with the guitars. It sounds like a terrible drum machine programming, set up by a rookie. The old school feeling I liked about them earlier is gone, and they seem headstrong on technicality this time. But the technicality falters as it doesn�t sound very skilled, and the riffing�s not interesting anymore. For the fast parts it just ends up like a blurry mess. Sure, there are some great groove sections built in, but for the most part it�s just uninteresting and rigid blasting.
Unfortunately they�ve also incorporated some seriously annoying keyboard moments as well. Almost every track is utterly destroyed by some disturbing and horrible keyboard parts, and sometimes they even add some fucked up clean, stoned smurf-sounding, vocals. Instead of coming off as a breath of fresh air, creating something new, it ends up as annoying, half-arsed death metal.
A good thing about the album is the live video of a couple of songs that�s included, but like with the rest of the Kravia there�s also some major downers to it; the sound�s so utterly sucky you can�t even hear which songs it is, and the filming�s almost entirely concentrated on Sergei, who just stands there staring at his guitar as he growls.

Tracklist:
01. Pain
02. Hell
03. Scum of the earth
04. Come to me
05. Kravia
06. Freedom
07. Onslaught
08. Damnation