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░█▒█ Artist ■ Internal Bleeding █▒█░
░ █▒█ Album ■ The Extinction of Benevolence █▒█ ░
░█░█ Year ■ 1997 █░█░
█░█ Release Date ■ 2009-12-30 █░█
█░█ Genre ■ Death Metal █░█
█ █ Label ■ Pavement Music █ █
█░█ Source ■ CD █░█
█ █ Type ■ Album █ █
█ █ Encoder ■ LAME v3.97 -V2 --vbr-new █ █
█░█ Quality ■ VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █░█
█ █ █ █
█ █ █ █
█ █ A common flaw with brutal death metal is the fact that █ █
█ █ after the listener realizes that all it really is is 7 or 8 █ █
█ █ slam riffs and breakdowns in between random blasts of █ █
█ █ incoherant grindcore, it starts to get boring. So many █ █
█ █ bands have fallen for incorporating too many slams █ █
█ █ (Abominable Putridity) or too few (Deeds of Flesh, the most █ █
█ █ boring band on earth). Then there are the bands who rip off █ █
█ █ the only band to do it correctly, Suffocation (the only █ █
█ █ truly important brutal death metal band in my opinion, as █ █
█ █ well as being my favourite band at the moment). Internal █ █
█ █ Bleeding are essentially a Suffocation spin-off, exept far █ █
█ █ less technical and the riffs aren't quite as memorable. █ █
█ █ Where Suffocation incorporated odd sounding, at times █ █
█ █ disturbing riffs, insane shredding, and the occassional █ █
█ █ slower part (I'm obviously speaking of "Pierced From █ █
█ █ Within"), Internal Bleeding are more simple and █ █
█ █ straight-forward, and the riffs mostly seem to be varients █ █
█ █ of each other (the drums were obviously written before the █ █
█ █ guitars were, as the guitars seem to do nothing but follow █ █
█ █ the drums). █ █
█ █ So, with that said, how could this album possibly deserve a █ █
█ █ 95 percent? Well, because it's executed so well! The music █ █
█ █ is simple and brutal, but avoids repeating the same palm █ █
█ █ muted power chord pattern so often, and, while the guitar █ █
█ █ riffs aren't very special, it becomes instantly obvious █ █
█ █ that that's not what they were going for, as they realize █ █
█ █ that if you focus soley on technicality you end up nowhere, █ █
█ █ surrounded by elitest metalheads calling your work █ █
█ █ "emotionless" and "wankery" (Anyone who uses the work █ █
█ █ "wankery" seriously in a sentance is an idiot.). I suppose █ █
█ █ that one could argue that while that may be true, at least █ █
█ █ SOME technicality should have been incorporated, which may █ █
█ █ be true, but I personally am fine with it this way. █ █
█ █ The drums are where the album excells. The drummer here is █ █
█ █ obviously the most experienced member, shown by his █ █
█ █ constant fills and extremly fast blast beats that never get █ █
█ █ boring. He's no John Longstreth, but once again, he's still █ █
█ █ impressive. █ █
█ █ The vocals are mostly Frank Mullen circa "Pierced From █ █
█ █ Within" growls (more deep and pronounced), mixed in gurgled █ █
█ █ vocals standard in slam. Nothing special, but they are very █ █
█ █ good, and some of the vocal lines are "Prevaricate" are █ █
█ █ inhumanly deep and guttural. He also has a unique way of █ █
█ █ pronouncing, which I can't really describe well. I suppose █ █
█ █ I could say it's kind of tough guy, hardcore type █ █
█ █ pronunciation if that makes any sense. I wouldn't say he's █ █
█ █ a shining star like Lord Worm was, but he supplies an █ █
█ █ interesting delivery nonetheless. █ █
█ █ The production is very old school, giving an early 90's █ █
█ █ death metal feel to the guitars. The bass is very loud in █ █
█ █ the mix, at times at the front of the production. As far as █ █
█ █ tones go, I think this album's guitar tone, while slightly █ █
█ █ too bassy, is exeptable. As long as it doesn't sound like █ █
█ █ Faith No More's "The Real Thing", I don't bitch about █ █
█ █ guitar tone much. I suppose I could ask for a better bass █ █
█ █ drum tone however, and it needs to be much louder. █ █
█ █ Obviously, this is not a band that will ever be labeled █ █
█ █ "legendary", like Cryptopsy, Cannibal Corpse, Suffocation, █ █
█ █ Deicide, and many other bands have. No, I don't think that █ █
█ █ is what this band is really trying to be. All Internal █ █
█ █ Bleeding wants to be is Internal Bleeding (even though █ █
█ █ there are some huge Suffocation influences here). They █ █
█ █ aren't trying to be so technical that the fans will turn █ █
█ █ the other cheek, or so brutal that the fans fall asleep due █ █
█ █ to boredom, and I think a lot of bands could learn from █ █
█ █ that. This band, while not the most original band on earth, █ █
█ █ is showing their inspirations in the best way they know █ █
█ █ how, while still keeping their own identity, which, █ █
█ █ regardless of what you think of this band, is a pretty █ █
█ █ remarkable feat. █ █
█ █ █ █
█ █ Line-up: █ █
█ █ Chris Pervelis - guitar █ █
█ █ Anthony Miola - guitar █ █
█ █ Bill Tolley - drums █ █
█ █ Brian Hobbie - bass █ █
█ █ Frank Rini - vocals █ █
█ █ █ █
█ █ Backing vocals on "Cycle of Vehemence" by Ryan Schemmenti █ █
█ █ of DISFIGURED. █ █
█ █ █ █
█ █ Features an instrumental Black Sabbath medley ("A National █ █
█ █ Acrobat / Symptom of the Universe") as a hidden track. █ █
█ █ █ █
█░█ █░█
█ █ 1. Prepare for Extinction 0:55 █ █
█ █ 2. Ocular Introspection 4:14 █ █
█ █ 3. The Extinction of Benevolence 5:18 █ █
█ █ 4. Prevaricate 6:08 █ █
█ █ 5. Ruthless Inhumanity 3:31 █ █
█ █ 6. Plagued by Catharsis 5:35 █ █
█ █ 7. Conformed to Obscurity 5:02 █ █
█ █ 8. Genetic Messiah 5:45 █ █
█ █ 9. Cycle of Vehemence 22:45 █ █
█ █ 59:13 █ █
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