Blood Stain Child certainly have no shortage of tools at their disposal to make such a tribute work. Notwithstanding the amusingly dubbed Violator tearing into his drum kit like a man possesed, the band also boast one Tue Madsen overseeing production duties. Add a dash of latter day Dark Tranquillity electronica, and the results are almost elementary: ten ably delivered songs that are unashamed of the their goggle-eyed fondness for such albums as _Colony_ and _Projector_.

Fans of the genre will undoubtedly find themselves with an exotic new prospect to brag about to their friends. For the rest, _Idolator_ is admirably competent, but utterly pedistrian.