Dethcentrik - Why Do The Innocent Die Young - review
Dethcentrik - Why Do The Innocent Die Young - review
Tracklist
01. The Demise Of Mankind02. If Only
03. Rip My Heart Out
04. Columbine Justice Free
05. Realms Yet Unknown
A review by
KwonVerge October 04, 2011
It's supposed to be some kind of ambient black metal with core edges. What it's not supposed to be is a coherent music form, not even a non-compromising one. I have to admit that I'm quite an admirer of the Dada movement but this is not even anti-art, not even an alternate sound equivalent of the nihilistic no-wave scene. It's supposed to present atmosphere-evoking keyboard passages and suddenly all hell breaks loose. Some parts are fine and I have to admit that: quite inspired but not much. Simplistic nevertheless, but they do serve their purpose in terms of ambiance. And these are the only moments in which your spirit can finally find some rest.
The production is awfully gruesome. Whenever anything that is supposed to be screams, guitars and/or drumming appears the overall outcome is piercing my ears. Some few clean male and female vocals try to ease the burden but they don't achieve much. To be fair, I like production that has its faults so as to complement the album, something that happens most of the times when it comes to black or more underground/extreme forms of doom metal. In this case though, it's even more disturbing than an experimental/noise work with extremely bad production. Oh well, it's something like listening to the radio and parasitic sounds trespass your harmony and this is exactly the moment you lose control of your vehicle and you say hello to Apostle Peter; don't be glad, you just won a highway ticket downwards and you know who's waiting for your soul impatiently. And as I'm slowly reaching the end of this review I'd like to say that this "work" is too simplistic. I mean, I like simplicity whenever it has to offer a variety of emotions or tends to promote a very specific soul state if it supports it to an appropriate extent. Well, in this case we're talking about amateur simplicity and lack of inspiration collaborating with unfriendly production and disturbing soundscapes.
Okay, I'd never believe I'd say that, but I'd like to warn you to avoid this album like the Devil avoids the church yard, to say the least. To my ears it's badly produced sound nonsense, in other words lobotomy. Tristan Jara would suggest aphorism; I'd simply obey.
Rating breakdown
| Performance: | 5 |
| Songwriting: | 3 |
| Originality: | 4 |
| Production: | 3 |
Comments
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Hahaha! Just listened to Rip My Heart Out. I don't know if it's representative of the album, and frankly I don't want to know. It sounds like the soundscape of a bad 90's Jap horror game. Yeah I know I didn't took your warning seriously and now my ears are bleeding. Funny fact: The add at the bottom of the review shows the Daily Bible Guide.
---- You cannot sedate all the things you hate - MM The Observer is the source of reality - Bloom God damn it!! What did Diddy didn't do? - Satan
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Wow how the hell did you listen to an entire album of this? That's quite an impressive feat Roz, I couldn't even listen through the three songs on their myspace.
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@grospwele: Daily Bible Guide, i'm gonna need it. If Eric Clayton recites, only in that occasion  @Marcus: The good thing is i'm never going to listen to this again  Everyone who listens to at least one song from this album should have a martyr treatment from the music church
---- Dec. 30, 1334. ...And the whiskey and wine entered our veins when blood was too weak to carry on.
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Worst. Cover. Ever.
---- All that we see or seem is a dream within a dream.
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Hahaha! Epic!!! I guess these guys get some cheap clicks on their myspace in the next hours and days.. 
---- The struggle to free myself of restraints, becomes my very shackles
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Now i understand! The "growl" vocalist is Donald Duck!
---- All that we see or seem is a dream within a dream.
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Posts: 7 Written by The Void on 06.10.2011 at 12:02 And now a chain of smileys to summarize my opinion of this album.   
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This must be one of the worst albums ever, on par with the chipmunks...
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Oh, I just love these "so bad they're actually good" albums! Always nice to hear some total, non-compromising shit fest of an album, as opposed to just boring mediocrities.
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Posts: 22 Written by Slayer666 on 08.10.2011 at 22:20 This! This album (or the one song I've listened to) is kind of amazing, since I had to try hard to contain my laughter. This stuff is epic if you don't listen to it as real music. Listen to it as some kind of parody. 
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Actually, "If Only" has a very nice melody going for it. But that's about it. Horrendous production.
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