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# Global Domination

### Recent updates

- S(crap)s: I Miss My Death / Kaoskult / Raus & Perunwit (split) / Spatial / Thy Flesh (13/06/14)
- Hatebreed: The rise of brutality (12/06/14)
- Vomiting Corpses: Coma - The spheres of innocence (11/06/14)
- Mayhem: Esoteric warfare (10/06/14)
- S(crap)s: Akrotheism / Black Altar / Druknroll / Enthroned / Funeral Sutra (09/06/14)
- Agalloch: The serpent & the sphere (08/06/14)
- Dark Tranquillity: Construct (07/06/14)
- In Flames: The jester race (06/06/14)
- S(crap)s: Souldrainer / Tonic Breed / Rude / Defying / Electric Hellride / Scorned Disciple (05/06/14)
- Culted: Oblique to all paths (04/06/14)
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## Audio autopsy

### Audio Autopsy - May 2014

#### 01/05/14 || Global Domination

#### Vampire: Vampire

##### 7.8/10

Habakuk: Easily wins this edition. Pretty much what Tribulation abandoned for a more progressive approach. 8

CadenZ: Energetic and groovy Merciless/Nifelheim/Watain-worship. Entertaining as fuck, but I suspect there’s not a whole lot of lasting value here. 7

Cobal: So old school is the new avant-garde or something? Pretty decent death-thrash I had never heard of and that reclaims our right to hoist vampires as part of the metal imagery. I approve. 7

Ironpants: This is actually the only album I can truly recommend in this pile of shit. 9

#### Massacre: Back from beyond

##### 7.3/10

Habakuk: Surprisingly good for a rehash. 7

CadenZ: Groovy, thrashy death that somehow reminds me of Vader. One of the better comeback records in recent history. Gotta love those high-pitched screams! 7

Cobal: There’s a few hints these are death metal veterans: for instance, their alleged old school death does make sense, and that’s saying a lot these days. 8

Ironpants: Hell yes, death metal. I reviewed this shit , and to be honest with ya, I haven’t listened to the album since. But still, it’s the second best album in this AA. 7

#### Gamma Ray: Empire of the undead

##### 5.8/10

Habakuk: I have a weak spot for them, but that doesn’t cover up that there are some stinkers on here. 7

CadenZ: Why Hansen & co decide to cheese up their Edamer with Sabaton-pomp is beyond me, but then again – they’re German. 5

Cobal: I don’t know how I feel about having two legit Helloweens releasing albums every year alternately. Having said that, I’m much more into the speedier parts myself, even if they’re nothing but reviving the best moments in “Walls of Jericho”. 6

Ironpants: Ramma Gay has made a new album. Careface. 5

#### Ribspreader: Meat hymns

##### 5.5/10

Habakuk: Can’t see anything wrong with it, which comes as no surprise with nothing noteworthy. 6

CadenZ: If I hadn’t heard it all before, this would be an awesome death metal record. Too bad, alas, and so forth. 5

Cobal: Take everything I said about Massacre, scratch it and rewrite all the way round. The real problem with this one is it totally feels written after a recipe. 4

Ironpants: Death metal located: Engage Rogga mode: Insert murky sound: Deliver grade 6

#### Kypck: Imena na stene

##### 5.3/10

Habakuk: I’m undecided on this, really. There is some passion to be felt, but for something that I don’t understand a word of, there just isn’t enough going on musically. 6

CadenZ: A bunch of Finns singing in Russian on top of some kind of dopey mix of Triptykon, modern Alice in Chains and Katatonia. Quite nice, but not even close to the quality their sources of inspiration continually produce. 6

Cobal: Doom metal from Finland that goes all the way with? Russian lyrics!? In fact this is much better when the singer does the courtesy of keeping his mouth shut. 4

Ironpants: Finns playing doom metal with vocals in Russian. Kypck translates to “Kursk”, the Russian city. But they should have named the band “Цандлемасс”. 5

#### Animals As Leaders: The joy of motion

##### 4.8/10

Habakuk: Fruitjazz. 4

CadenZ: At times schizophrenic, at times massively cohesive. Always looking ahead to new fusion horizons. Less djent and more hooks and I might buy the next album. 6

Cobal: How someone can play so well and at the same time “create” something so meaningless and ultimately mediocre is beyond my understanding. I’d much rather listen to some garage act who do have some guts. 2

Ironpants: When I was a kiddo, I listened very much to albums with Vinnie Moore, Joe Satriani and Tony McAlpine until I realized it sucked ass. Luckily for me Tosin Abasi with friends decide to make it interesting again. Matt Garstka is also a very interesting drummer. This works! 7

#### Bigelf: Into the maelstrom

##### 4.8/10

Habakuk: I prefer Smallorc. 4

CadenZ: Spaced-out stoner prog misses the mark on being catchy and heavy, thus failing in their ultimate quest of blending Muse with Black Sabbath. 4

Cobal: Knowing about my music preferences, someone had already recommended this band to me. What can I say, I’ve got a weakness for the 60s and 70s vibe. Other than that, I think the album is more than passable. Forever alone? 7

Ironpants: This was fresh! If you haven’t heard David Bowie, The Beatles and T-Rex that is… 4

#### Carnifex: Die without hope

##### 4.8/10

Habakuk: My need for Warhammer 40k references has been covered since Realm Of Chaos, my need for breakdown-heavy death metal since birth. 4

CadenZ: I will break down your breakdowns by ramming my ham-sized fist so far up your ass that you can smell whose crotch I touched this morning, mine or the Mrs’. 3

Cobal: So the suffix -core doesn’t always mean fag-friendly? Good to know. CoF have probably ruined piano use for everybody else. 7

Ironpants: I can’t listen to shit like this, but from what I heard, it was pretty brutal and generic. 5

#### Nocturnal Breed: Napalm nights

##### 4.8/10

Habakuk: Recycled riffs and retarded vocals. Not convinced. 5

CadenZ: It’s like Tankard discovered black/thrash. I hate Tankard. 4

Cobal: Fun as this may be, it’s very difficult to take it seriously, especially with those awful high-pitched vocals. That dude is risking to get shot or something. 5

Ironpants: These guys were included in the S(crap)s section a while ago, I stand by my judgment. 5

#### Ektomorf: Retribution

##### 4.3/10

Habakuk: Pretending that I have never heard Soulfly, I can stand this for about 5 tracks. 5

CadenZ: Mensa has a new admission test: “Do you like Ektomorf?” “Ehhh, no?” “Welcome aboard!” 4

Cobal: I remember a clip from this guy in a Nuclear Blast DVD compilation I probably shouldn’t have purchased in the first place. “Show your pink” I think it was. Just like then, no syncopation will prevent this from getting old after a few bars. Needless to say, I made a heroic effort to listen to the whole freaking thing, even if some riffs are actually not half bad. 4

Ironpants: Max Cavalera approved. 4

#### Gus G: I am the fire

##### 4.3/10

Habakuk: Another episode of “who is…”. For some reason this reminds me of The Offspring at times, which I used to be a big fan of at the age of 14. 5

CadenZ: It’s fucken hard to go wrong with Mats Levén on vocals, but songs that enter one ear and exit the next without passing through the brain or the heart will do the trick. The other songs…well, the guitar solos rock. 4

Cobal: To think I was complaining about Ektocunt. It better doesn’t get any worse than this. Damn! 2

Ironpants: Ok then, this fucker is the new thing, and he actually got the shit. Yeah it’s hard rock, but the kid knows his way around. Quality stuff if you are into that kind of stuff. I am not, but I hear what I hear. 6

#### Lacuna Coil: Broken crown halo

##### 4.3/10

Habakuk: Whatever, really. Just not my thang. 6

CadenZ: I have a hard time deciding which is more sterile, the production of this album or an infertile guy whose had six vasectomies and a transgender operation in the genital area. And the music’s not far behind. 3

Cobal: I love Cristina Scabbia’s singing, really, but I also feel these people have never been able to top “Comalies”. That was 12 years ago goddamn it. 5

Ironpants: I like to think of myself as an open minded dude… But I am beginning to wonder if I live in an misconception? I just might be a sexist pig, as I have trouble with chicks singing in metal. And in this case, I mean both of them. 3

#### Austrian Death Machine: Triple brutal

##### 3.8/10

Habakuk: I love Arnold Schwarzenegger impersonations, and I hate this. Should tell you everything you need to know. 3

CadenZ: Like always, the songs are forgettable and filled with thrice regurgitated and reused thrash riffs, while the Arnold stuff is quite hilarious and barely justify ADM’s existence. Chill out, dickwad!!! 5

Cobal: Why never write a whole record based on one single gag: audio explanation. 4

Ironpants: The working name for the album was, “Killing is my business… and business was apprehended”. 3

#### Metsatöll: Karjajuht

##### 3.0/10

Habakuk: Mix Finnish shouting and a retarded horn and that’s what you get. Shockingly bad. 2

CadenZ: Don’t confuse this Baltic nonsense with the noble language of Finland, Hab. Not that it would’ve done much difference… Out-of-tune flutes, down-tuned death metal riffs and stupid aggro shouting have seldom been mixed with this horrible a result. Steer clear of this, mates. 2

Cobal: There was a time when I’d listen to a hell of a lot folk metal releases and I think that gives me a different perspective. The polka metal parts get to be truly annoying, but still, I think there’s much more to it. This feels fully accomplished and well thought, and the level of integration of the folk and metal parts – the majority’s heel of Achilles – is way beyond average. 6

Ironpants: With a sound picture as thin as a condom, the folk music luckily fail to penetrate my hymen. It’s fucken sad that it’s almost worse than “Van Canto”. 2

#### Van Canto: Dawn of the brave

##### 2.3/10

Habakuk: Dude. 2

CadenZ: The only thing heavy about this record is my heart while listening to it. If you value your dignity, don’t fucken mix a cappella and metal. 2

Cobal: Let’s get rid of the obvious here: They can sing. Is that enough to release metal record? Probably not, let alone building up a whole career. How I feel about this vocal ensemble is nearly the same as my thoughts about Apocalyptica. A bunch of talented musicians join together to do something that nobody else has – arguably. The result is curious and appealing only to a few morbid ones always in search of “something different”. In the end, only geeky covers remain. 4

Ironpants: Heavy metal band Van Canto is back and this time around they present some true original own songs that are super evil and cvlt. The song Paranoid is really heavy with its insane “DOOM-DOOM-DOOM” beginning. The song The final countdown grabs you by the balls with the eerie, almost black metal sound. The icing of the cake is the cover of the well known song Badabom that has been covered 100 times before, but Van Canto makes it really into one of their own. 1

Audio Autopsies

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