Incapacity - 9th Order Extinct
This disc starts off with a short, grindy song that lets you know these guys have upped the brutality ante on this sophomore effort. Whereas "Chaos Complete" followed a more traditional
Swedish melodic thrash/death route this new one has way more blast beats, more
straightforward death metal beats and a generally harsher, more coarse sound to the songs.
That's not to say it's totally bereft of their previously more melodic sound. There's some catchy lead work sprinkled in a lot of the songs but it's not the dominant riff of a song like it was in the past. This tends to make the songs a little less distinctive with some songs even approaching generic death metal but they're still played extremely well. Depending on your preference this could be good or bad news. If you like the more traditional death sounding thrash bands like The Crown you'll probably like this record more. If you like the more melodic death thrash bands like Callenish Circle or Light This City you'll probably like their first record better. As for my two cents, I think they had a pretty good take on the melodic sound, especially with some of the more death metal like material here being less attention grabbing.
There's also the ubiquitous overly long slow "supposed to be scary" song which they thankfully skipped last record but it shows up here in spades. It's only salvation is a really catchy chorus and a nice thrashy breakdown mid song so I don't find myself hitting the skip button.
On the whole this record doesn't grab me like their first one did. There's some quality cuts on here to be sure but the first record was solid from start to finish with a more distinctive songwriting approach. On "9th Order Extinct" the blast beats and sheer speed make many of the songs sound too similar to make this a standout record.
That's not to say it's totally bereft of their previously more melodic sound. There's some catchy lead work sprinkled in a lot of the songs but it's not the dominant riff of a song like it was in the past. This tends to make the songs a little less distinctive with some songs even approaching generic death metal but they're still played extremely well. Depending on your preference this could be good or bad news. If you like the more traditional death sounding thrash bands like The Crown you'll probably like this record more. If you like the more melodic death thrash bands like Callenish Circle or Light This City you'll probably like their first record better. As for my two cents, I think they had a pretty good take on the melodic sound, especially with some of the more death metal like material here being less attention grabbing.
There's also the ubiquitous overly long slow "supposed to be scary" song which they thankfully skipped last record but it shows up here in spades. It's only salvation is a really catchy chorus and a nice thrashy breakdown mid song so I don't find myself hitting the skip button.
On the whole this record doesn't grab me like their first one did. There's some quality cuts on here to be sure but the first record was solid from start to finish with a more distinctive songwriting approach. On "9th Order Extinct" the blast beats and sheer speed make many of the songs sound too similar to make this a standout record.
