The Will To Kill

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The eighth album by Malevolent Creation is a return to higher level. After the unbeaten, till this moment, The Fine Art of Murder and the blasting Envenomed, this band is again able to deliver us a very good quantity of death metal in this new release, The Will To Kill”. In this new effort, everything recalls The Fine Art of Murder for sound, songwriting and general attitude and we are again here to enjoy the relentless march of this sincere band in death metal. This album starts with the uncontrolled fury of the title track that, by the way, shows more incisive and convincing riff. The brutality and the blast beats are mixed with now catchier riffs to create the first very good song. The furious assault of the instruments is precise and terrifying for power and precision and the always great vocals by Kyle Symons are screamed, angry and really nasty. The stop and go with thrash restarts give more variety to the songs and this is exactly what they needed. The blast beats are often broken by up tempo parts or fast double bass kicks and this is what is great to make these compositions less monotonou. On the other hand we can always find high impact songs like “Pillage and Burn” or “Assassin Squad” are simply devastating for violence. Even in these episodes something is catchier and more convincing. The great mix of growl and screams at the vocals is just awesome and this is what I like in the new singer. Even the drummer is good and he replaced Culross very well. “All That Remains”, “Superior Fire Power” and “Divide and Conquer” are the most representative tracks here because they all feature great assaults and catchy refrain. The structures are more complex but flowing and the tempo changes are really well-done and stuck perfectly. Check also out the riffs on “With Murderous Precision” and tell me if there isn’t something more compared to the recent past in terms of variety and songwriting. These songs have the power of the death metal and the variety to not become too monolithic and static. Even the more mid-paced parts are full of odd, dark lines in order to make us enjoy even more the speed restarts with up tempo and blast beat. In “Rebirth of Terror” we have a great progression by the beginning with a sudden stop where the guitars increase their speed and the drums enter to sustain heavy, massive structures of violent music. I was literally taken aback by this release even if I’ve always thought to Malevolent Creation as a good band. The Will To Kill has the energy and the brutality of Envenomed with the sounds and the structures of The Fine Art of Murder and this mix is lethal, in a good way. This is where the two souls of this band collide to create a really good and violent album. .

via Last.fm

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