“Right from the title track, the energy and joy of playing erupts from the speakers. Intriguing riffs, screaming leads and fast guitar licks are flying around your ears. An amazing musical adventure with a great sound. Score: 82 out of 100.”

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“With this debut, you will experience thrash-, death- and symphonic metal. But also deathcore and industrial metal influences belong to the ingredients of “Violence & Grace.” Summarized: a very daring project with, in my opinion, a very successful end result. Score: 8 out of 10”

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“Indeed, all of “ Violence & Grace” is magnificent. Immaculacy produced and performed. A lot of blood, sweat and tears has going into the making of this album and it’s huge. Usually a sixteen-track album of this nature can take its toll, but everything just works in leaps and bounds, and I sincerely mean that. Highly recommended.”

“Everything sounds terrific anyway, also thanks to the production of Hans Pieters (e.g. Gorefest) and the mastering of Peter van ‘t Riet. The double-CD is also packed in a digipack that looks better than many major release.” “The surprising complexity of the songs sounds really amazing and is therewith representative for the whole epic collection. And good to know: part of the benefits are donated to a foundation that fights mitochondrial diseases. A good album for a good cause!” Score: 4 out of 5 stars.

“Father and son have an above average instrumental talent and there is also enough talent to provide the songs with beautiful bombastic elements.” “Production-wise, Or Not certainly has their act together. ‘Violence & Grace’ features a wonderfully detailed and balanced fat mix. Vocally, daddy Dolf has a fine voice and the drumming of son Daniël is already of a level that I think we will hear a lot of this young man in the future. What a talent.” “This band or project managed to deliver an above average record.”

“On the debut album “Violence & Grace” different generations of metal also really blend together. The razor sharp thrash riffs and dramatic melody lines seem to come from Dolf’s youth, while the production and the orchestration feel more modern. A father-son duo could easily be an empty gimmick, but for that the songs on “Violence & Grace” are way too strong! “

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“ It’s really hard for me not to be really positive about this album, but it’s just really, really good. The whole album is just one big, happy celebration of heavy music, sounding epic like this band has been playing the giant stages of the world for ages.”

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“Dutch metallers OR NOT are the duo of son Daniël Blomhert (drums) and father Dolf Blomhert (vocals, guitars, bass, keyboards) and Violence & Grace is their introduction to the world. And it is grand – sixteen songs and over an hour and a half of music. This is a solid debut, it will be interesting seeing how they develop from here.”

“On their debut album Violence & Grace, father and son Blomhert indulge themselves to their heart’s content in thrash metal, in various shapes and sizes. In addition to the fact that the duo instrumentally (and vocally) is a real powerhouse, the excellent sound from the stable of the experienced Hans Pieters also helps.
The conclusion is that I genuinely enjoyed Violence & Grace. An honest, artisanal product, high-quality home-grown metal. Really: go check this out!”

“The drummer is on overtime, damn he works hard for his salary. I’ve had a good time with OR NOT, they play great, they want to integrate a lot in their music … Score: 8 out of 10!”

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“Violence & Grace consists of 16 tracks with 90 minutes of music, in which the cheerful metal dynasty manages to bring a huge amount of genres and influences together, without ever leaving the field of heavy metal. A capitol record in the field of competence and technical realization (the list of guests and production staff is very long), which we highly recommend. Score: 7,5 out of 10.”

“Van Halen once had a song called “ Best Of Both Worlds”. This also applicable here. Epic, bombastic riffing metal made and composed under one roof. Definitely a band for the future. It’s put together damn well. They directly take you in a chokehold and don’t let go. IPPON!”