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Death metal is such a limitless genre. You can do whatever you'd like. It can be over the top technical or slow. Brutal or insane and it's all so good. When we made "Visions of Death" it just came out with a natural old school-ish vibe and that's great, but our newer material has a much more modern technical vibe. I love how death metal has evolved.
For me, death metal should be heavy as fuck, brutal (which doesn't necessarily mean "fast"), atmospheric and evil. If the "evil" thing is not there, you can't label yourself death metal, that's a fact. I'm so fucking close minded when it comes to metal music... I listen to the SAME hard rock, heavy, thrash, doom, death and black metal that I used to listen to 15 years ago.
Described by their label as death metal/grindcore Belgian extremists Murder Intentions lean more towards the deathcore end of the spectrum. "A Prelude To Total Decay" essentially sees a formulaic deathcore act trying to recreate the flash-in-the-pan magic of Aborted's first two records, namely "The Purity Of Perversion" and "Engineering the Dead". Unlike their more popular country mates Murder Intentions come short on interesting riffs, song structure and dynamics. Two vocalists scream, grunt and growl in reckless abandon with the more hardcore vocals being redundant. The album is filled with samples to give the whole a post-modern feel. The performances are great across the board, although Murder Intentions don't quite master the art of songwriting at this stage. Most of the tracks storm forth relentlessly but are quite directionless and seem to miss a climax. There's nothing spectacularly bad about this album, it just isn't very special or engaging either. Recorded at Sweet Sour Studio by Niek Turnois. The guitar sound is murky and heavy but lacks in clarity and definition. The drums sound massive and also lack clarity. The high end mastering by Disavowed's Robbe K at Audiovisualz gives Murder Intentions a much needed boost. If this band had been around in the '90s this would probably have been released on United Guttural or Unmatched Brutality Records.http://www.sfcollector.rucomment itWouter 5
