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Here we have yet another case where the layout and aesthetics of a CD point to something very different than what's actually on the disc. Anti-animal slaughter statement on the back booklet. Wolf cubs on the disc itself. Band photos (all live) that look like a typical hardcore band (to be fair, though, one of the guitarists is wearing a Slayer shirt in one picture).
I wrote this off as vegan HC as soon as I saw it, but I did end up buying it as trade fodder (based on the price tag, I got it around late 2005). It had been languishing in the trade pile for years when I saw the band was listed on metal-archives, and decided to finally give it a listen.
Because of their inclusion and genre listing on metal-archives, I assumed this would be deathcore or some UK version of Earth Crisis. No hardcore here at all. They play a very British style of death metal, mostly slower-paced and doomy. The vocals are done in a raspy style and while they don't detract from the music per se, I think traditional growled vox would have fit the music better. While it's nowhere near the (un)godly level of old Paradise Lost or Decomposed, it's still pretty competent stuff.
Finally, on a sad side note, I was so pleasantly surprised by this mCD, I sought out sound samples of the full-length that followed this. Unfortunately, it's got the HC vox and influences I was initially afraid this would have.
I wrote this off as vegan HC as soon as I saw it, but I did end up buying it as trade fodder (based on the price tag, I got it around late 2005). It had been languishing in the trade pile for years when I saw the band was listed on metal-archives, and decided to finally give it a listen.
Because of their inclusion and genre listing on metal-archives, I assumed this would be deathcore or some UK version of Earth Crisis. No hardcore here at all. They play a very British style of death metal, mostly slower-paced and doomy. The vocals are done in a raspy style and while they don't detract from the music per se, I think traditional growled vox would have fit the music better. While it's nowhere near the (un)godly level of old Paradise Lost or Decomposed, it's still pretty competent stuff.
Finally, on a sad side note, I was so pleasantly surprised by this mCD, I sought out sound samples of the full-length that followed this. Unfortunately, it's got the HC vox and influences I was initially afraid this would have.
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