Coming straight out of Athens, it’s Sons of Hades with The Omen. These guys are pretty great speed metal and apparently got their start in 2023. I guess being the son of Hades would be different than being the son of the devil, given the pantheons and whatnot. I bet Hades’ kids would be relatively well adjusted, like that Zagreus. He didn’t have issues at all!

The song starts off with a killer guitar intro before kicking into gear. It’s a great frenetic pace, I bet the pit goes nuts during the song. I dig the drum fills within the chorus, they’re big and bombastic. No guitar solo in this one, but there’s some cool riffs throughout and some rhythm changes that are interesting. The song clocks in at 3 minutes and change. You probably don’t need more than that when your chorus is “Bow down to the antichrist.”

The video starts with a news report about a kid being creepy and hypnotizing people, as though he’s the spawn of satan. It’s interspersed with clips of the band that look pretty solid and not evil at all. And then the most interesting priest in the world goes out to stop the omen by the power of christ compelling them. Also there’s some wolves and creepy clouds. All together, it’s a solid video. Nice to see some acting in a music video.