Izegrim - Code Of Consequences review
| Band: | Izegrim |
| Album: | Code Of Consequences |
| Style: | Death metal, Thrash metal |
| Release date: | February 28, 2011 |
| A review by: | Doc G. |
01. Victim Of Honor
02. My Secret Society
03. Incommunicado
04. Center Of Momentum
05. Deathstrip
06. Final Farewell
07. Fade Into Obscurity
08. Psychopathic Mind
09. Population Zero
10. Code Of Consequences
Goldiloxxx? Seriously? Metal is rampant with stupid stage names, but I don't think I've come across one as God-awful as Goldiloxxx. I guess it's the guitarists attempt at irony, seeing as what we have here is a pretty freakin' intense melodeath-thrash hybrid that derives most of it's aggression from the top speed riffing.
You folks all like Decadence, right? Well, oddly enough, Izegrim is very similar. Aside from the obvious shrieking female comparisons that may arise, we're looking at another catchy thrash-melodeath hybrid. It's about as straightforward as you can get; take the tight rhythm section you find in a lot of melodic death, lighten the bottom end up a bit, throw in some thrashy chainsaw riffing, then sprinkle your guitar melodies on top. Yes, it's a fairly typical sound (what isn't these days?) but reliably entertaining to some degree, even during it's more hum-drum moments.
The parallels Izegrim has with Decadence is actually pretty astounding, as Decadence's latest album Chargepoint suffers from the same sort of self-inflicted deflation that we see here. It's this no-subtlety, constant gnashing of teeth that just makes it a tiresome listen by the end. Code Of Consequences is a steady, reasonably consistent album, it's just unfortunate that the deeper you get into it, the less frequent the high points become. Izegrim seem to be another one of those bands that always needs to have everything cranked; aggression, tempo, volume, yet falls short when it comes to creating an album that feels like more than 5 songs.
Rating breakdown
| Performance: | 8 |
| Songwriting: | 6 |
| Originality: | 6 |
| Production: | 7 |
Comments
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071  |
Weird that the women apparently use stagenames here, cause they have never done so before. And as far as I know there is only one woman in the band namely Marloes handling bass and vocals.
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996 
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| Doc G. Full Grown Hoser Staff Posts: 9718  |
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 08.03.2011 at 09:58 Woops. I mis-read the promo shit. Fixing it.
---- "I got a lot of really good ideas, problem is, most of them suck." - George Carlin
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 |
Written by Doc G. on 08.03.2011 at 10:36 But have you seen marloes? She really does look like Goldilocks 
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 |
Oh and she the bassist not guitarist 
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996
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| Doc G. Full Grown Hoser Staff Posts: 9718 |
Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 08.03.2011 at 10:46 Yeah, but I think the Goldiloxxx nickname is the guitarist - who is male. I guess it's one of those irony things.
---- "I got a lot of really good ideas, problem is, most of them suck." - George Carlin
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 |
Written by Doc G. on 08.03.2011 at 10:48 Aha could be. But it still remains weird cause they have never used a nickname not even on Dutch language metal forums. Ah well, must some sort of joke thing then.
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996
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| Danyael Posts: 91 |
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| X-Ray Rod Skandino Staff Posts: 18374  |
Written by Danyael on 09.03.2011 at 00:06 Well.. his last name (Godin) does mean "Goddess" in dutch as far as I know hehehe
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 |
Written by X-Ray Rod on 09.03.2011 at 12:15 indeed it does
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996
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