From far-away South Africa, Octainium comes roaring back with a new album. This is more technical than their previous release and has a finely polished sound that sounds great at high volumes. The guitar work is top notch and is a page taken from the great old days of metal. The album has a lot of variety and is always melodic and catchy. The vocalist is extrememly diverse and easily handles various styles--ranging from death metal'ish to cleanly sung vocals. The songs 'Dethrone' ('Welcome to the rape and murder capital of Earth!') and 'Holier Than Thou' are my favorites of this twelve track release.

Suffer the Clock will be released on iTunes on August 29th. A CD will be released in early 2015, which will probably contain a bonus track or two.

[Below: CD back.]

[Below: CD design.]

[On a side note, since it's mentioned in a song, South Africa is known as the Rape Capital of the World. In 2012 almost 65,000 rapes were reported. But that's just the ones reported, it's estimated that up to 500,000 rapes occur each year. A dangerous thing, since 10% of all South Africans have AIDS (rapecrisis.org). 1 out of every 2 women is raped within her lifetime! Or how about 'corrective rape'?! This is where a gay person is raped to make them straight! Or how about the trend and belief that having sex with a virgin will cure AIDS!? Crazy huh? This insane belief only adds to the 60 children that are raped each day in South Africa. I've read reports of virgins being gang raped to cure men's AIDS. Even if this nutty belief were true, didn't anyone stop to think about that after the first guy the girl was no longer a virgin?! Insanity. Insanity. Insanity.]

[Below: The band and company.]