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░ ██ ██ Artist: Thy Art Is Murder ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Dear Desolation █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2017 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2017-08-27 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Death Metal ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: Nuclear Blast ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ In the past two years alone weÆve seen releases █
█ from the major deathcore bands that debuted back █
█ in the early 00Æs. Everyone from Whitechapel to █
█ Carnifex back in 2016, to more recently with █
█ Suicide Silence and Oceano. Throughout the genre █
█ many of these bands have attempted to reinvigorate █
█ their style. Since their 2010 debut The Adversary, █
█ Thy Art Is Murder have kept a consistent tone in █
█ their sound, leading them to their fourth studio █
█ LP Dear Desolation (Nuclear Blast). While the █
█ overall structure is pretty cookie cutter, the █
█ record from the get-go is a pounding adrenaline █
█ rush. █
█ █
█ Dear Desolation is a pure deathcore enthusiastÆs █
█ wet dream. Everything one can imagine from the █
█ genreÆs defining usage of blast beats and iconic █
█ breakdowns takes place. Vocalist CJ McMahon brings █
█ forth a vocalization that feels like a time █
█ machine, the guttural energy of his voice bringing █
█ back the feeling of those old school deathcore █
█ albums. These qualities appear in abundance in the █
█ recordÆs first single ôSlaves Beyond Deathö. █
█ McMahonÆs voice bursts out before a metallic █
█ barrage of drums and blast beats. Playing █
█ alongside a dense and churning guitar rhythm, the █
█ track shifts into a dark melody that injects some █
█ flavor, setting forth a joyful chaotic flow. ôThe █
█ Son Of Miseryö reflects this style, building on █
█ varying shifts in tempo throughout the █
█ progression. You either get the assault of speedy █
█ guitar tones that give off wicked vibes, or slower █
█ elements that vibrate with auras of gloom. As one █
█ of the LPÆs standout tracks, ôPuppet Masterö is a █
█ straight up banger. Ripping tempos meet aggressive █
█ instrumentation that let loose a savage energy. █
█ █
█ Structure is the weak side to Dear Desolation. The █
█ repetitive chemistry can take one out of the █
█ music, for the formula to each song becomes easy █
█ to predict. On the other hand, one of the good █
█ thing about Dear Desolation is that while the flow █
█ of each track plays out similar from the last, the █
█ music produces such a wild energy and emotion, █
█ that one canÆt help but get into the hectic █
█ adrenaline. The actual structure may wear on █
█ certain listeners who prefer their music to be █
█ more technical or progressive, for there are █
█ fairly few spins that take place throughout the █
█ album to introduce anything new. █
█ █
█ ôDeath Dealerö attempts to introduce some new █
█ changes, for itÆs the first real time where a song █
█ begins with a slower approach. The guitar shines █
█ through with a melancholy ring that drapes a shade █
█ of gloom over the track. McMahonÆs vocals pounce █
█ through with a menacing appeal as the work █
█ progresses to its core sound of blast beats and █
█ crunchy instrumentation. ôMan Is The Enemyö plays █
█ around with this gloom-like aura in certain █
█ sections, while ôThe Skin Of The Serpentö █
█ continues with the same consistent playing weÆve █
█ come to know since the beginning of the album. █
█ █
█ From the first track of Dear Desolation you get a █
█ decent understanding of how everything is going to █
█ sound. This black and white structure holds a lot █
█ of the music back from exploring new grounds and █
█ progressing to potentially more sinister levels. █
█ Other than that, Thy Art Is Murder packs a whole █
█ lot of pounding chaos into their work. Among the █
█ deathcore bands that have continued to create █
█ since the genre began, Thy Art Is Murder leans █
█ more towards maintaining that iconic style that █
█ was so heavily popular back in the day. Even █
█ though the structure takes some chemistry out of █
█ the equation, the band still gives a solid █
█ delivery that crushes with sharp and metallic █
█ instrumentation, along with vocalization that adds █
█ some nice inflections of emotion. Dear Desolation █
█ is an entertaining work that provides a sense of █
█ excitement that will please those looking for █
█ straight forward heavy music. █
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░ 1. Slaves Beyond Death 3:44 ░
░ 2. The Son of Misery 4:18 ░
░ 3. Puppet Master 3:15 ░
░ 4. Dear Desolation 3:21 ░
░ 5. Death Dealer 4:08 ░
░ 6. Man is the Enemy 3:28 ░
░ 7. The Skin of the Serpent 3:58 ░
░ 8. Fire in the Sky 4:10 ░
░ 9. Into Chaos We Climb 4:05 ░
░ 10. The Final Curtain 3:50 ░
░ 38:17 ░
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