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░ ██ ██ Artist: Penitenziagite ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Humanity Galore █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2015 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2016-02-28 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Death Metal ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: On Parole Productions ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ Penitenziagite (...that's a bit of a mouthful...) █
█ is a death metal act out of Slovenia who, a decade █
█ or so after their initial formation, have finally █
█ given unto us their first full-length work. With █
█ such a stretch of time no doubt resulting in █
█ serious chops tightening and refining of their own █
█ take on the more brutal of metallic wares, it █
█ would behoove them quite a bit to not be able to █
█ blow us (and potential competition) out of the █
█ water with this. And seeing as I'd not heard of █
█ these fellas before, what better place to █
█ start...? █
█ Taking a slightly more melodic take on traditional █
█ death metal (yet staying pretty far from █
█ melodeath), "Humanity Galore" is teeming with █
█ energy and a solid idea on how to make the style █
█ work, even if the end result isn't exactly the █
█ most world-shaking of releases...but that said, it █
█ is quite good for what it is regardless. The █
█ guitar work is all over the map, taking on more █
█ thrash metal-like progressions, rhythms and power █
█ chord structures more than the skin-crawling █
█ dynamics more attuned to death, yet plenty a time █
█ the Floridian way of things creeps into the █
█ picture during the moments that call for it. Some █
█ of the groovier, slightly polyrhythmic work is █
█ what stood out the most with me; the consistently █
█ blasting parts had something going on with them, █
█ but when the band settles down enough to not have █
█ to prove their capacity for aural punishment and █
█ violence it lead to a better listen on my end. █
█ Trust me...constant blasting and wild abandon █
█ riffing can get tiresome real quick. █
█ As a whole, though, this didn't throw me for a █
█ loop, yet it also didn't leave me hungering for █
█ something else. That said, the worst I can say is █
█ that as the album continues plugging along █
█ (probably around the fifth or sixth track or so), █
█ the songs tend to blur into one another, not in an █
█ interchangeable kind of way but rather that the █
█ rest almost blends into a continuous series of █
█ flaying, both undue and necessary. That equal and █
█ right amount of razor-sharp riffing, tight yet █
█ reckless drum work, virtually unheard that blends █
█ a bit too much into the guitars and insidious yet █
█ rather flat lead growling that could have █
█ benefited from additional layering and pitches, █
█ all of which is done in similar amounts and doses █
█ that don't render the rest of those tracks █
█ homogeneous for the most part, just that they █
█ don't really stand out from one another the way █
█ some of us would like. But truly, if that's the █
█ worst of it then the end result is at least worth █
█ checking out, if only once or twice. █
█ In the end, "Humanity Galore" was an alright stab █
█ in the throat that didn't lose me yet didn't seem █
█ to wow me. This appears to get the group off on a █
█ good foot, and with some extra time to ferment █
█ their deathly vibes anything else down the line █
█ could only be better. Not too bad, not too bad... █
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░ 1. Origin of Desolation 5:33 ░
░ 2. Fire Makes Way 4:21 ░
░ 3. Cleansing 3:13 ░
░ 4. Dictation 4:54 ░
░ 5. Path Lain in Shadows 4:46 ░
░ 6. Humanity Galore 4:46 ░
░ 7. Lords Long Forgotten 3:06 ░
░ 8. Circle of Life 3:52 ░
░ 34:31 ░
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