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░ ██ ██ Artist: The Deathisodes ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Inside the Universe of Horror █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2013 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2016-11-20 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Death Metal ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: UKEM Records ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ One man projects are becoming more and more █
█ popular over the last few years, considering how █
█ technology has been advancing and how affordable █
█ programs, computers, and the like have made it █
█ easier for great albums to be made in anyoneÆs █
█ living room. With this said, that also doesnÆt █
█ mean that anybody can just come up with an █
█ excellent album or something groundbreaking █
█ either. Only a handful of one man projects have █
█ really caught my eye as of late, one of them being █
█ The Deathisodes. █
█ The Deathisodes is the product of Alex Loader, the █
█ brainchild behind the concept and music and his █
█ overall idea of starring guest musicians alongside █
█ his works. These guest musicians lie within the █
█ underground sections of the UK metal scene and in █
█ my opinion further the music even more. Inside the █
█ Universe of Horror is the second full length album █
█ from this project and seeks to push the boundaries █
█ of melodic death metal with sci-fi-esque themes █
█ and twists and turns of sprinkled in genres. █
█ ôDead Arisingö starts the album off strongly, with █
█ a mixture of electronica and guitar riffs. An █
█ explosion of coarse vocals and flowing, ôepicö █
█ guitar work. Amma Robinson (Typheus) provides a █
█ vocal style I donÆt hear often if at all. She has █
█ a way of making them sound powerful yet hollowed █
█ at simultaneously. This tune takes a bit of time █
█ to get used to but after several listens it seems █
█ to mix it quite well. Although many folks donÆt █
█ like the electronic genre mixed with metal, I find █
█ that they act as a special kind of keyboard █
█ addition, adding in melody along with that █
█ ôspace-likeö atmosphere. Add these elements along █
█ with Benjamin EllisÆs fluid and airy guitar work █
█ layered on top and you have one strong album █
█ opener. █
█ ôFor Chaos Is Masterö somewhat continues the █
█ formula from before in pretty much every aspect █
█ except with the use of different members and a █
█ slightly different twist and heaviness. ôFor Chaos █
█ Is Masterö features another Bloodshot Dawn member, █
█ Josh McMorran and Mask of Judas member, Sam Bell. █
█ Josh handles the vocals of the track and Sam █
█ handles the guitar portion. Both of these minds █
█ combine to dig an even deeper and heavier hitting █
█ cut into this album. This immediately becomes a █
█ favorite and one of those songs that you just have █
█ to blast through the speakers. █
█ ôBlack Virusö introduces the use of clean and █
█ harsh vocal harmonies along with some of the same █
█ riffs as metalcore. I immediately feel reminded of █
█ Killswitch Engage (as well as others resembling █
█ the band). Jut Tabor (Furyborn) and Ollie Roberts █
█ (Silent Prophecy) bring in a breath of fresh air █
█ at just the right time with this change of pace. █
█ If youÆre not sold on Inside The Universe of █
█ Horror, then give ôWhitechapel Mysteryö a shot. █
█ Heavy metal goodness just pours from this track, █
█ including Bruce Dickinson-esque vocals layered █
█ with the traditional heavy metal style as well. █
█ This track is another of many highlights that █
█ really caught my attention even to the 500th █
█ listen. █
█ The Deathisodes pulls quite a few surprises as █
█ mentioned above, and even more as the album █
█ progresses. One of these being ôInstallation 4ö, █
█ which is one of two tracks that donÆt contain any █
█ vocals. I donÆt consider them filler at all, in █
█ fact I feel they play a huge part of the ôloose █
█ conceptö of the album. The feeling of traversing █
█ is apparent, especially with the keyboard work of █
█ Isak Asplund (Enterion) who is able to create this █
█ awesome atmosphere but keeping that energetic pace █
█ going. █
█ As the record begins to reach itÆs end, there are █
█ still plenty of great moments. Every track has █
█ this melody that easily infects your brain, that █
█ is until the next melody does the exact same █
█ thing. The contributions from all of these █
█ underground acts doesnÆt shift the album to any █
█ sort of negative aspect at all. Actually, I find █
█ this approach to be very refreshing, especially █
█ with the use of several different vocal styles █
█ that are easily identifiable and work out very █
█ well for where they are placed. █
█ This unique take doesnÆt take away from █
█ consistency either. YouÆll find some of the tracks █
█ to be oddly different from some of the others in █
█ terms of sound, but looking into it further it █
█ just feels like that is part of the overall █
█ concept. Take these ôchaptersö and fuse it with █
█ different styles of metal fused with a great █
█ atmospheric yet driving electronic additions. █
█ Overall, this album is catchy, constructed well, █
█ and comes off as one of those surprising releases █
█ youÆd never find without someone in the █
█ underground telling you about it. If youÆre into █
█ the whole sci-fi theme of sorts, love melodic █
█ death metal with sprinkles of a few other genres █
█ on top, then check this out. If youÆre looking for █
█ something off the spectrum of regularly released █
█ music, this one is for you too. █
█ █
█ Songwriter/producer û Alex Loader (ex-Akakios) █
█ █
█ Vocalists û █
█ Jake Archer (EnTro-P) █
█ Ashley Edison (Dendera) █
█ Jut Tabor (FuryBorn) █
█ James Baillie-Hamilton (Cryostorm) █
█ Alexander Fawcett (Oceanus) █
█ Josh McMorran and Doug Anderson (Bloodshot Dawn) █
█ Kieren Radford (Becoming The Leviathan) █
█ Steve Kerr (Ex-The Last Legion) █
█ Elliott Alderman-Broom (Cambion) █
█ Amma Robinson (Ex-Typheous) █
█ █
█ Guitarists û █
█ James Baillie-Hamilton and Jack Gliddon █
█ (Cryostorm) █
█ Samhain Carter-Brazier (Dead PinUps) █
█ Ollie Roberts (Silent Prophecy / Metaprism) █
█ Alexander Fawcett (Oceanus) █
█ James Whitmarsh (Aethara) █
█ Nick Richardson (FuryBorn) █
█ Sam Bell (Mask of Judas) █
█ Benjamin Ellis (Bloodshot Dawn) █
█ Steve Walker (Puresist) █
█ █
█ Keys & synths û █
█ Isak Asplund (Enterion) █
█ Jarmo Ilo (Arch Imp) █
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░ 1. Dead Arising 4:16 ░
░ 2. For Chaos is Master 5:46 ░
░ 3. Black Virus 6:16 ░
░ 4. Whitechapel Mystery 5:06 ░
░ 5. Hellbound 3:44 ░
░ 6. Instillation 4 3:18 ░
░ 7. Spectral Wasteland 5:56 ░
░ 8. Silenced to Decay 4:06 ░
░ 9. Project Omega 5:22 ░
░ 10. Nexus of Fear 2:00 ░
░ 11. Age of Atrophy 4:52 ░
░ 12. When Death Walks Behind 8:40 ░
░ 59:22 ░
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