Oddland – Origin

On vocals, Sakari Ojanen's baritone recalls Grunge and Nu-Metal signing styles. It also sounds like he's singing with a focus on all of the panties he expects his crooning to drop. Kind of like Corey Taylor's Stone Sour delivery. Or kind of like Scott Stapp from Creed - - just not awful. In fact, Ojanen's come-hither seductions aside, his voice is actually pretty likable, and well-suited to Oddland's down-tuned melodic Djenting. So what you get is a lot of busy, interesting guitar and drum interplay, with sustained vocal notes over the top, like a slick Maserati frame over a complex, powerful engine. Standout tracks are the two closers: ‘Faraway’ and ‘Will’. ‘Thanatos’ is pretty good a representative of Oddland too.