Malevolent Creation - Retribution - guest review
Malevolent Creation - Retribution - guest review
Tracklist
01. Eve Of The Apocalypse02. Systematic Execution
03. Slaughter Of Innocence
04. Coronation Of Our Domain
05. No Flesh Shall Be Spared
06. The Coldest Survive
07. Monster
08. Mindlock
09. Iced
Guest review by
Mega-Slayer December 26, 2006
As with most of Malevolent Creation's releases, "Retribution" is built on the relentless, mind blowing riffage. As a duo, Rob and Phil execute perfectly, creating riffs that really pump you up and force one to headbang. Mix those with the chaotic growls and shrieks of Bret Hoffmann, and what do you get, Well all hell breaks loose. The solos are excellent, and my personal favorites are featured on "The Coldest Survive." Bret shows us his lyrical skills on this one, immensely, he puts forth illustrious, murderous and hatefilled lines, the lyrics are based on what I believe to be a society based on violence and corruption. The way he performs them is even better, he punishes the listener with an agonizing performance, Have to love his trademark errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr! To show his skills, the one song you should hear is "Slaughter Of Innocence," the high screaming of "Die motherfucker!!!!" is superb. Let's now talk about the drumming, one thing Malevolent Creation has always kept, despite numerous line-up changes, is an awesome drummer. Alex Marquez can lay down blasts and fills with ease; the track with the most prominent drum work is "Monster" which starts out with the lightning fast blast beat. Now Jason Blachowicz bass work is a little buried but not to worry because with each and every listen you'll be able to make it out more and more. There is however a mini bass solo included in "Slaughter Of Innocence" and the bass is very audible in "No Flesh Shall Be Spared" and "Coronation Of Our Domain." He produces a rather unique and distinguishable bass sound. Basically this is truly old school death metal at its finest, full of aggressiveness and is one of my most prized albums in my collection, it needs to be in your collection as well. Trust me on this one, I give it tens in all categories for a reason, so whenever you get an opportunity, don't pass this purchase up.
Rating breakdown
| Performance: | 10 |
| Songwriting: | 10 |
| Originality: | 10 |
| Production: | 10 |
Written by Mega-Slayer | December 26, 2006
Guest review disclaimer:
This is a guest review, which means it does not necessarily represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
This is a guest review, which means it does not necessarily represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
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That's the one, best Malevolent Creation album.  ''Eve Of The Apocalypse'' is the perfect song to start this work... Really mindblowing as it says on the review. Hard to choose what is the best or the worst song, they all have exellent quality,, but "Slaughter Of Innocence'' its to me the best piece of death metal in this album..
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