Massive Slavery - Global Enslavement
Massive Slavery make their debut, 'Global Enslavement,' a crushing technical death metal release with plenty of melody involved. One part Beneath The Massacre, another part Dying Fetus, this Canadian based band focus on sharp guitar hooks and blasting drums to demand attention while creating a socially critical theme with their music. On tracks like "MediAssassiNation" the guitars change from churning rhythms to bleating sharp notes while the drums plod along and the layered vocals growl and snarl away. Sometimes the melodies can get a bit repetitive, but there is fortunately enough twists and turns on the technical side to keep listeners engaged.
However, over time this melodic metal machine may tend to wear out the ears. Much of the music keeps to the usual chugging guitars that every once in a while is broken up by a few sharp guitar notes while everything else stays relatively in line, and sadly, boring. The vocals usually keep this monotone of a snarl that is hollow, but fortunately intelligible. There are far too many bands out there use over the top vocal effects that makes the lyrics impossible to understand; Massive Slavery are fortunate enough to make sure they are heard. However take a track like "Destroy, Rebuild, Repeat" and "Humanity's Last Hope" and fans may get tired of the same music formula and disregard the message altogether. Thankfully, there is a brief interlude which features some very soft guitar notes to give a respite before everything starts again. It is a brief glimpse, but this track- "A Cold Interlude"- features more melody than any of the othes, and if bits and pieces like this were mixed into the rest of the music it might be an even greater musical engine.
Overall, Massive Slavery's best aspects are its guitars and lyrics. The rest needs a bit of work to help continuing to shape the band into a more defined sound instead of sounding like the typical socai deathtech or metalcoretech music that really seems to dominate the music genres these days. The good news is that Slavery's sound has a purpose and direction, so fans will feel that it is important to listen to their music even if the music tends to become a bit hard to stand.
However, over time this melodic metal machine may tend to wear out the ears. Much of the music keeps to the usual chugging guitars that every once in a while is broken up by a few sharp guitar notes while everything else stays relatively in line, and sadly, boring. The vocals usually keep this monotone of a snarl that is hollow, but fortunately intelligible. There are far too many bands out there use over the top vocal effects that makes the lyrics impossible to understand; Massive Slavery are fortunate enough to make sure they are heard. However take a track like "Destroy, Rebuild, Repeat" and "Humanity's Last Hope" and fans may get tired of the same music formula and disregard the message altogether. Thankfully, there is a brief interlude which features some very soft guitar notes to give a respite before everything starts again. It is a brief glimpse, but this track- "A Cold Interlude"- features more melody than any of the othes, and if bits and pieces like this were mixed into the rest of the music it might be an even greater musical engine.
Overall, Massive Slavery's best aspects are its guitars and lyrics. The rest needs a bit of work to help continuing to shape the band into a more defined sound instead of sounding like the typical socai deathtech or metalcoretech music that really seems to dominate the music genres these days. The good news is that Slavery's sound has a purpose and direction, so fans will feel that it is important to listen to their music even if the music tends to become a bit hard to stand.
- MediAssassiNation
- Shade Of Corruption
- Global Enslavement
- The Denial Of Man's Regression
- Destroy, Rebuild, Repeat
- A Cold Interlude
- Wider We Open Our Eyes
- Pull The Plug On Modern Civilization
- Humanity's Last Hope
- Generalized Cyberphobia
Maple Metal Records
Reviewer: Colin McNamara
Nov 12, 2010
Nov 12, 2010
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