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░ ██ ██ Artist: Iliac Thorns ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: IT █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2013 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2016-07-17 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Death Metal ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: Inverse Records ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ ILIAC THORNS is a blackened / melodic Death Metal █
█ band hailing from old reliable Finland, home of █
█ many blackened bands and even more of every other █
█ subgenre. So, that being said, ILIAC THORNS has a █
█ little to live up to û just a little. With their █
█ oddly titled ôITö, the band tries their best to █
█ make a thunderous impact on multiple levels. The █
█ result: ôITö is something passable; nothing great. █
█ The reason I find that ILIAC THORNS falls a little █
█ flat on this full-length is that it holds too many █
█ elements up in the air. Sure it does have a dash █
█ of Black Metal, a dash of Death Metal, even a dash █
█ of Punk on songs like ôBrutal Seizureö but the █
█ measurements are all wrong. Songs follow a formula █
█ of Death-Black-Death-Black with such strange █
█ jarring arrangement changes that I donÆt fully █
█ know what ILIAC THORNS was attempting to do here. █
█ And, what I mean here is that when a song is going █
█ down a Death route the music sounds like death █
█ metal, then some Black Metal style vocals come in █
█ and all of a sudden everything sounds like itÆs █
█ out of an OLD FUNERAL or BLODSRIT album. So, █
█ basically songs feel like cut and pasted elements █
█ û they are good elements but they are maybe █
█ misconnected in some strange indiscernible way. █
█ All of this, plus the fact that the album somewhat █
█ descends into Hardcore territory in its later █
█ tracks, makes me more feel like it could be more █
█ aptly labeled æAvant GardeÆ (Though probably in █
█ the most minimal sense). With all these mashed █
█ elements, the album still feels somewhat regular û █
█ just on many more labels. You probably wonÆt █
█ receive anything new or fresh from IT but if you █
█ arenÆt into black quite that much û maybe want to █
█ try something out close to it û you could give █
█ ILIAC THORNS and "IT" a try. █
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░ 1. Decimate Prayer 4:05 ░
░ 2. Brutal Seizure 4:03 ░
░ 3. Euphoria Lost 3:25 ░
░ 4. KammiovΣrinΣ 3:46 ░
░ 5. The Serpents Calling 5:04 ░
░ 6. Enter Parasites 3:35 ░
░ 7. The Shining 3:05 ░
░ 8. Itsetuntosi 4:53 ░
░ 31:56 ░
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