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░ ██ ██ Artist: Mortillery ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Shapeshifter █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2016 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2017-03-02 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Thrash Metal ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: Napalm Records ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ A good old thrash album has the potential to pump █
█ you up and make you want to break stuff, and █
█ despite the new wave of prog metal fandom, thrash █
█ is still alive and kicking. Now, the modern era of █
█ thrash is spearheaded by American artists like █
█ Warbringer, Havok, and Revocation. You may not █
█ expect Canada, the æPromised LandÆ for every █
█ technical death metal fan, to spawn a kickass █
█ thrash act worthy of following AnnihilatorÆs and █
█ VoivodÆs footsteps. However, Mortillery is here to █
█ prove you wrong. █
█ █
█ With a smashing new album, æShapeshifterÆ, set for █
█ release, this female-fronted band from Edmonton, █
█ Canada pushes all the right buttons when it comes █
█ to intense, adrenaline-inducing thrash. The █
█ high-pitched vocals are an added bonus, and are █
█ somewhat in the vein of space-thrash act Vektor or █
█ even OverKill. Cara McCutchen morphs into a █
█ banshee and delivers memorable, angry screams that █
█ take MortilleryÆs sound to the next level. █
█ █
█ Backed by the band, comprising Alex Gutierrez █
█ (guitars, vocals), Miranda Wolfe (bass), Kevin █
█ Gaudet (drums) and Kent Quinlan (guitar, vocals), █
█ McCutchen puts out a performance worthy of placing █
█ her amongst the top frontwomen in metal. Right █
█ from the start, with the song ôRadiation █
█ Sicknessö, and all the way up to the final, title █
█ track ôShapeshifterö, the group does not relent in █
█ their modern thrash outing. █
█ █
█ Whether itÆs the impressive sustained screams and █
█ blast beats over tremolo picking in ôMantisö, or █
█ the intricately melodious ôWendigoö, the band is █
█ at the top of their game. Another example is ôAt █
█ the Gatesö, a track which is perhaps a nod in █
█ favour of the Swedish melodic death metal veterans █
█ of the same name. Featuring multi-layered vocals, █
█ a ripping solo, metric modulation and other █
█ technical details that get lost under the barrage █
█ of thrash, this track and ôTortureö make for a █
█ great way to approach the finale. As the closing █
█ track changes from clean singing and a █
█ triplet-based trot to a straightforward groove, █
█ Mortillery conclude the album with momentum. █
█ █
█ MortilleryÆs æShapeshifterÆ is, arguably, one of █
█ the standout thrash albums to be released this █
█ year. While the Canadian band isnÆt exactly █
█ reinventing the wheel here, all the standard █
█ thrash tropes feature in what will surely be a █
█ well-received album among fans of the genre. █
█ █
█ http://www.mortillery.com/ █
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░ 1. Radiation Sickness 5:13 ░
░ 2. Age of Stone 4:47 ░
░ 3. Bullet 4:02 ░
░ 4. Mantis 4:03 ░
░ 5. Black Friday 3:58 ░
░ 6. Wendigo 5:10 ░
░ 7. At the Gates 4:19 ░
░ 8. Torture 4:18 ░
░ 9. Shapeshifter 5:37 ░
░ 10. Patient Zero 1:38 ░
░ 11. Neckbreaker 4:06 ░
░ 12. Shine (Mot÷rhead cover) 2:57 ░
░ 50:08 ░
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