### Incite: The slaughter

#### 10/11/09 || Khlysty

I have a confession to make: I really like Pantera’s “The Great Southern Trendkill”. I don’t know if this statement condemns me to eternal scorn and turns me into the laughingstock of GD’s metal luminaries, but it’s Nyarlathotep’s fucking truth. I like this record and what I like the most is its monolithic nature: after a couple of records where Pantera displayed versatility and a great sense of –fucked up, yes, but existing- groove, “TGSTK” came as a fucking slab of rock, pulverizing anything in its path with sheer volume and heavosity.

Also, I have another confession to make: I really like Fear Factory’s “Demanufacture”. I know, I know, most people think that FF started sucking big time with this record, but, you know what? I don’t give a fuck. Any record that contains a cover of Head Of David’s “Dog Day Sunrise” is OK in my book. And, hey, what’s the deal with the industrial overtones? Doesn’t a band have the right to experiment with its sound, texture, songwriting and stuff? Is it supposed to always repeat itself ad nauseum? Me not thinks so, dearies…

Why do I say all the above? Well, because listening to Incite’s “The Slaughter” these are the two records that came to mind, when I tried to place the band’s roots and influences. Of course, I suppose that the band has to have been influenced by Soulfly, what with its singer being Richie, Max Cavalera’s stepson and all that, although I have really little experience with Soulfly and I don’t want any more, thanx very much. See, what “The Slaughter” makes me think of the most is an amalgamation of FF’s lockstep, mechanized grooves with a dash of “TGSTK”’s monolithic nature.

And the question is: is it any good? Well, yes and no. On the positive side of things, this is a good debut, made by capable musicians, a record professionally produced by Logan Mader (Devildriver, Divine Heresy, Cavalera Conspiracy). The music is what I’d call “modern American metal”, which, to me at least, means thrashy songs with some bottom-end to give it some heft, good if pretty compressed/digitized drumming, vocals of the pissed-off shout/growl type, linear song development with –maybe- some breakdowns for added moshing value, mid- to fast tempos… you know, the works. I shall repeat that it’s done professionally and with verve but…

But, as far as I can tell, it’s not exactly the kind of record to set metal world on fire. What happens when I listen to it, is that I enjoy it for what it is and after it ends, nothing really sticks, nothing really makes me go “hey, that was good, let’s listen to it some more”. I wouldn’t go as far as calling it run-of-the-mill, but I’m not sure that I would return to it after some time. It’s good for some spins, for a good time and then, to me at least, it just fizzles out. So, if your poison is such music, you could do worse than buying “The Slaughter”. As for me, well, I prefer much more exotic potions…

- Information
- Released: 2009
- Label: I-Scream
- Website: inciteband.com
- Band
- Richie Cavalera: vocals
- Dis: guitar
- Luis Marrufo: bass
- Zak Sofaly: drums

- Tracklist
- 01. Intro
- 02. The slaughter
- 03. Nothing to fear
- 04. Army of Darkness
- 05. Time for a change
- 06. Divided we fail
- 07. Rage
- 08. Tyranny’s end
- 09. Die with what you’ve done
- 10. Down and out
- 11. End result
- 12. Awakening