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║ Vulvodynia-Mob_Justice-WEB-2019-UTP ║
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║ ARTiST......: Vulvodynia ║
║ ALBUM.......: Mob Justice ║
║ TYPE........: Album ║
║ LABEL.......: Lacerated Enemy ║
║ GENRE.......: Death Metal ║
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║ COUNTRY.....: South Africa SOURCE.....: WEB ║
║ RiP.DATE....: 07-06-2019 ENCODER....: LAME3.99 ║
║ RETAiL.DATE.: 06-30-2019 QUALiTY....: 320kbps/44.1kHz ║
║ CATALOG.....: n/a MODE.......: Full Stereo ║
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║ http://play.google.com/store/music/album?id=Bssykc732dcw7yvwlciorbjmt6q ║
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║ For most artists working in the slam subdivision of extreme music, ║
║ the attempts at over-the-top gore mashed up with gruesome subject ║
║ matter and absurd imagery come from pure imagination (well, pure ║
║ imagination mixed with one horror movie marathon too many, maybe). ║
║ Aliens slicing, scathing, mutilating, marauding or maliciously ║
║ sexually assaulting innocent life forms, or serial killers' tales of ║
║ sex-tinted bloodlust gone awry-all variations on the musical style's ║
║ central themes of depravity. ║
║ ║
║ And again, for most artists-most-these stories come from a land of ║
║ sick-and-twisted make-believe. But for others-Vulvodynia, for ║
║ example-they're an exaggeration of the truth, of history, or of ║
║ both. On their third full-length release, Mob Justice, Vulvodynia ║
║ take a break from the loosely conceptual but immensely gritty ║
║ narrative that defined Psychosadistic Design to create an experience ║
║ based around South African politics, history, socio-economic strife ║
║ and social warfare, all in a grisly and grotesque thirty-five minute ║
║ long salvo. Mob Justice stands as Vulvodynia's finest offering to ║
║ date, with some tracks that veer deeper into the slammier side of ║
║ this sinister slamming deathcore outfit's inclincations, while ║
║ others linger more towards a beatdown-infused deathcore approach, ║
║ giving the band's magnum opus a balanced, diverse but thoroughly ║
║ brutalizing dynamic. ║
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║ Mob Justice contains some songs-'Nyaope' and 'Cultural ║
║ Misogyny'-that are Vulvodynia's most slam songs to date. Others-like ║
║ the 'Reclaim the Crown' series and 'Blood Diamond' lean more towards ║
║ a raw head-on collision between deathcore and heavy ║
║ hardcore/beatdown. This is, in some part, due to the instrumental ║
║ variation found throughout the record. Percussionist Thomas Hughes ║
║ serves as the band's backbone, with 'Blood Diamond' oscillating ║
║ between lacerating blast beats and beefy, bold breakdown patterns ║
║ without discrimination. 'Mob Justice,' the record's title track, ║
║ serves as a sturdier example of Hughes' slamming death metal skills, ║
║ working excellently with bassist Chris Van Der Walt to bewilder the ║
║ listener with bone-busting aggression from the first ║
║ spine-shattering slam. Relentlessly, the duo work to craft a beastly ║
║ low end that serves as the bastion for guitarists Byron Dunwoody, ║
║ Luke Haarhoff and Kris Xenopolous. Vulvodnia's tri-headed and ║
║ terrifying trifecta spend the entirety of Mob Justice laying down ║
║ riff after riff after groove after gut-wrenching slam to steamroll ║
║ the listener beneath over a half-hour of boundless brutality. ║
║ 'Nyaope' is an excellent example-especially for those seeking some ║
║ of Mob Justice's slammier segments. Meanwhile, 'Echoes of the ║
║ Motherland' is a brief interlude that contrasts catchy writing with ║
║ cruel and unusual aggression-all while the trio create a pummeling ║
║ piece of deathcore perfection on 'Born Into Filth.' The takeaway is ║
║ that Mob Justice is simultaneously the most slam and least slam ║
║ record Vulvodynia have released to date-but whether you measure it ║
║ in terms of slams, breakdowns, riffs or blast-beats, it is without a ║
║ doubt their finest instrumental effort to date. ║
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║ The conceptual aspect of Mob Justice becomes relevant when ║
║ considering the lyrical contributions by frontman Duncan Bentley. ║
║ Bentley has made a name for himself in the undergrounds populated by ║
║ fans of extreme metal, and for good reason-even with the stunning ║
║ variety provided by Mob Justice's guest vocalists, Bentley's vocals ║
║ remain immaculate. What's more, his vocal variety is matched only by ║
║ the difficult tasks broached by his lyrics, ranging from child ║
║ warfare and slaughter on 'Blood Diamond,' social strife and ║
║ class-based conflict in 'Nyaope' and sex-based discrimination and ║
║ oppression in 'Cultural Misogyny' (which, for those unfamiliar with ║
║ Mob Justice's theme, might be mistaken for veritable misogyny). ║
║ Bentley has managed to do what many may consider to be an ║
║ impossibility-create an intellectually stimulating slamming ║
║ deathcore record. While many tracks take repeated listens (and a ║
║ glance or two at a lyric sheet) to decipher, the more intelligible ║
║ tracks like 'Blood Diamond' donÆt take a historian to figure out. ║
║ Wait! Some might be thinking. Are the vocals even good? Well ║
║ yeah-yeah, they're incredible-but to capture the sheer range Bentley ║
║ boasts, the listener is better off just listening to the damn ║
║ record. ║
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║ I'm fairly certain in just about every review I write for a ║
║ slam-something-or-other band, I end up hammering home that most of ║
║ the genre I find to be dense, dull or otherwise intolerable. That's ║
║ still true-and was true for Vulvodynia, once upon a time. However, ║
║ since the band's debut EP, they have continued to grow, with each ║
║ subsequent record being better than its predecessor. Psychosadistic ║
║ Design was damn good, which means Mob Justice might just have a fair ║
║ shot at claiming the title of slamming deathcore's apex record, at ║
║ least where 2019 is concerned. Laden with more riffs, grooves, slams ║
║ and breakdowns than you could shake a whole Sahara's worth of sticks ║
║ at, Mob Justice is one of 2019's must-listen slamming deathcore ║
║ records. ║
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╠═══════════════════════════════[TRACK.LiST]══════════════════════════════╣
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║ 01 Feast 1:17 ║
║ 02 Mob Justice 3:51 ║
║ 03 Blood Diamond 4:42 ║
║ 04 Born Into Filth 2:49 ║
║ 05 Famine 3:18 ║
║ 06 Echoes Of The Motherland 2:43 ║
║ 07 Nyaope 3:48 ║
║ 08 Reclaim The Crown Part I: The Burning Kingdom (ft 4:47 ║
║ Trevor Strnad of The Black Dahlia Murder) ║
║ 09 Reclaim The Crown Part II: Risen From Ash 3:36 ║
║ 10 Cultural Misogyny 3:54 ║
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║ TOTAL SiZE.: 10 Files/89.47MB/34:45 min ║
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