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The Defiled are a metal band from London, and this
is their debut album that was given away for free
in the February 2011 issue of Metal Hammer.
Following their recent stint on the Jagermeister
Music Tour around the UK with Exit Ten and Sylosis,
the band has recorded and put out their first
full length album, just before their next trip
around our country with Murderdolls. The band’s
sound combines ear shatteringly heavy metalcore
infused with elements of industrial metal from
the likes of Ministry and the heavy horror vibe
from the likes of Rob Zombie’s music. It
makes for a distinctive brand of music within
a genre where originality is harder and harder
to come by, it will defiantly catch the attention
of listeners.
One of the things I notice about the vocals is
that they resemble one of my favourite locals
bands, the now disbanded Manchester metal band
I-Def-I which makes me smile because their vocals
were one of the things I adored.
The first 2 tracks “In The Land of Fools”
and “Call To Arms” are big heavy bruisers
that set the bar for the other 8 songs to follow
at a very high standard with lots of double bass
and heavy riffing backed by synth and programming;
“The Ressurectionist” steps up to
the mark to join the other 2 up at the high standard,
beautifully mixing high and deep vocals over the
top of one another adds to the eerie feel. The
melodic chorus sucks you in to think it’s
safe then smashes through your ears by kicking
back into the mayhem.
The entire album has bounce to it; you can almost
feel how a live show would go from the pit. It’s
good to have an exciting metal band that can get
you bouncing, kicking ass in the pit, head banging
and singing along all within one song. The album
follows the standard set in the first song right
through to the end apart from “Final Sleep”
which is a very soft song to close the album that
doesn’t excite as much as the rest.
If The Defiled keep this sound and energy going
then Murderdolls is going to be one hell of a
gig and might see their career really take off
this year and I for one am very excited to see
it happen.
4/5
Review by James Webb |
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Stich D
The A.V.D
Curse
J.C
Vincent Hyde |
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1. In The Land of Fools
2. Call to Arms
3. Blood Sells
4. Black Death
5. The Resurrectionists
6. Metropolis
7. Locked in Freedom
8. The Ill Disposed
9. n Your Name
10. Final Sleep |
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- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
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What Was That? |
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