Supergroups, there are many debates about the supergroups issue, mainly because of the expectations from such bands. What can you do, the moment you take many great and known artists in their field, putting them together, everyone develops major expectations. I wouldn't want get to the debate about how successful are the supergroup in metal it's off our topic.

CIVIL WAR, formed in 2012 from the greater good of the mighty SABATON, Daniel Mullback, Oskar Montelius , Rikard Sundén and Daniel Mÿhr are all SABATON refuges that left in 2012. In addition, for the frontman position,  an amazing vocalist was selected, probably one of the top voices in the past decade in Metal, and please excuse me Jorn Lande, but I'm talking about Nils Patrik Johansson, known of his earlier works with many bands including ASTRAL DOORS, LION'S SHARE, RUINED SOUL an WUTHERING HEIGHTS, at least for me WUTHERING HEIGHTS is the most important one. Furthermore, Pizza, the bass player, has his fair share of past bands, which some of them are known like CRYONIC TEMPLE. Closing these guys together in a room, what do you think will happen? "The Killer Angels" happened.

As you probably guessed already from the SABATON connection what kind of music you are about to listen to, CIVIL WAR are playing what we like to refer to as War Metal, meaning Power Metal with traditional Heavy Metal spiced up with lyrics mainly about wars scouring the history of mankind. Also, as you probably guessed from the band name CIVIL WAR, the lyricism mainly focuses on the American Civil War.

So let's dive into the album, starting from the "King Of The Sun". You can't be mistaken with the sound engineering as it is very similar to SABATON's and I don't think that it's a bad thing however the vocal line mattered so be prepared for the punch from Nils Patrik Johansson's singing.  In the past this guy was referred as the new DIO and I think that once again it didn't lose its mark, such powerful vocals that molten into the classic guitar and keyboards reverberation. "First To Fight" sounds like a copycat of SABATON until Johansson singing run, no doubt that his soaring vocals kept this one alive and well.

The best song in the album is no doubt "Saint Patrick's Day", maybe one of the best songs up to this time in 2013 at least for me, with a classic riff and then Johansson provides some versatility in his voice. The man is a god, and I will repeat that if necessary. This song reminds me the work he did on "Wuthering Heights". "Saint Patrick's Day" is a definitive song in the making and will become an epic Metal hymn, trust me.

My surprise came with "Rome Is Falling" with an offbeat so catchy you would start jumping over and over and yet again Johansson won't stop his crazy act with awesome vocals. Furthermore, great riffing and catchiness, I will be happy to sing the chorus with the band in a live gig. Again and again Johansson fire all guns with amazing vocals, on "I Will Rule The Universe" and in "Lucifer's Court" he also goes even lower with amazing adaptability, wait a second he does it in each and every song and shows that he is a bulletproof vest for every band.

Is this a debut album? It's very hard to say because all the artists in the band are veterans in their field, so it's like continuing their music from where they stopped. "The Killer Angels" is a killer album, however I do think that Johansson is overpowering the others channels and please guys do something with the drums they sound Dull and empty I am sure the those can sound better.