Beneath the Massacre Dystopia
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Tracklist:
1. Condemned
2. Reign of Terror
3. Our Common Grave
4. Harvest of Hate
5. The Wasteland
6. Bitter
7. No Future
8. Lithium Overdose
9. Tharsis
10. Never More
11. Procreating the Infection


Release Date: 10/28/2008

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Adam Thomas CONTRIBUTOR (78 Reviews)

2008-11-03 | 61 comments | 2,064 views

Summary: Beneath The Massacre prove once again that they are good at playing fast and nothing else.

5 of 7 thought this review was well written

Harder. Faster. Louder. To many these words are the true embodiment of the spirit of metal. But at what point do they turn from mantra to annoyance? Over the course of the last four years Beneath The Massacre, along with bands like the equally offending Brain Drill, have pushed technicality into the realms of the unlistenable and with their newest release Dystopia they continue the trend.

Much like their prior work, Dystopia acts as a showcase for the band's technical prowess. Every song on the album is a cut and paste job of lightning fast riffing, triggered to hell blast beats and the occasional breakdown. Nothing more, nothing less. It seems that after three releases Beneath the Massacre still havent learned that while shred is great, one cannot live on shred alone. Its almost as though sometime in between writing the tweedle-tweedle-tweedle and the dun-dun-dun they forgot that they were supposed to be writing actual songs. Sure the music is downright impressive when taken from a purely technical standpoint, but when probed for substance it just comes up empty.

Dystopia exposes Beneath the Massacre for the one-trick-pony that they are. Beyond that, its emphasis on masturbatory technicality over songwriting makes it nothing more than a haphazard collection of riffs. And while Dystopia will hit the spot if you are in dire need of your tech-metal fix, you'll be hard pressed to remember anything after its 32 minute playing time besides that it was really ***ing fast.

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redskyformiles
Contributing Reviewer


Comments: 5794
11.03.08

Album Rating: 2.5

Nice soundoff etc etc. This looked longer in Word. Oh well.

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bastard


Comments: 3412
11.03.08


good review, it's really short, but that is all you really needed to say about the album.

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marksellsuswallets
Contributing Reviewer


Comments: 4227
11.03.08


I'm the map I'm the map I'm the map I'm the map I'm the map I'm the map I'm the map I'm the map I'M THE MAP!!!
Sup short review...its good though...not a whole lot to say about them at this point methinks...

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bastard


Comments: 3412
11.03.08


Hey don't make fun of Dora the explorora, she is much more song-writing oriented than this band is, and she still retains the technicality if you know what I mean.

marksellsuswallets
Contributing Reviewer


Comments: 4227
11.03.08


Whatchu talkin bout? I would much rather listen to Dora than this...

bastard


Comments: 3412
11.03.08


man nuthin, i just aint makin no sense recently.

beans


Comments: 2163
11.03.08


well you ebat me to reviewing the album but this is just about all i was gonna say, maybe throw in a few more things here and there but whatever.

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Pebster49


Comments: 2730
11.03.08


listening to their myspace, this seems more boring than their last album

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redskyformiles
Contributing Reviewer


Comments: 5794
11.03.08

Album Rating: 2.5

pretty much. same old shit = same old shit.

rasputin
Contributing Reviewer


Comments: 9668
11.03.08


NICE SOUNDOFF

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taylormemer


Comments: 1923
11.03.08


Feels good man.

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rasputin
Contributing Reviewer


Comments: 9668
11.03.08


good one man

taylormemer


Comments: 1923
11.03.08


i thought so too man

beans


Comments: 2163
11.03.08


man

Pebster49


Comments: 2730
11.03.08


dude.

beans


Comments: 2163
11.03.08


bra

foreverendeared


Comments: 4861
11.03.08


To many these words are the true embodiment of the spirit of metal
should be "too" and then "of" should be inserted after the word "many"This Message Edited On 11.03.08

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iamthenightmare


Comments: 594
11.03.08

Album Rating: 3.5

you could have at least put a little bit more effort into the review, but w/e.
cd is actually more memorable than their last, but slightly more monotonous at the same time.

Iamthe Nightstars


Comments: 180
11.03.08

Album Rating: 4

This cd is nothing new from them, but it's still better than their first. They actually have a guitar solo on this album on the song No Future.

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beans


Comments: 2163
11.03.08


They actually have a guitar solo on this album


uhm haha yeah about that



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