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Formed in Espoo, Finland, during the year of 1993, Inearthed was a melodic death metall band that would eventually go on to become the infamous Children of Bodom. Whatever preconceptions one may have about this band based on the groups current form should be thrown away immediately, because Inearthed is nothing similar at all to the music created by Bodom. Their raging debut, a combination of death metall-like ferocity with melodic metal embellishments perfectly illustrates the potential the band had locked inside, and later squandered with subsequent releases.
While Children of Bodom's earlier releases (specifically 1997's Something Wild and some parts of 1999's Hatebreeder delved into Melodic Black Metal, Inearthed takes a completely different direction, taking influence from early classic death metal. When it comes to the vocals, Alexi's high-pitched rasp is nowhere to be found, instead, his voice is a deep, gutturall growl, comparable to that of more traditional death metal bands. It perfectly fits the music as well, which are savage slabs of death metall, with slight melodic embellishments. The guitars are down-tuned and chunky, As opposed to Bodom's lead heavy style of playing, the guitars are much more rhythm based, creating a dark, atmosphere through the use of tempo and cadence changes. A perfect example is album opener "Chaos" which sees the guitar go from blindingly fast tremolo picking, to mid-paced palm muting and then back again. While fierce and unrelenting, the guitars retain melodic qualities as well, making frequent use of Iron Maiden style harmonizations. The Iron Maiden influences are shown unabashedly in the song, Shards of Truth which features a beautiful harmonized mid-section.
The drumming on this album is also standout, with Jaska Raatikainen creating many interesting and unique fills through. His drumming style is tight, always perfectly in sync with all the other instruments. His double bass technique is just excellent, being able to deviate from the main drum line making the beat even more interesting than it would've been. Surprisingly, the bass is extremely loud in the mix, an unusual factor for most death metal bands. Most often, its just mimicking the guitar lines, or syncopated with the bass drum, but it does have it's own moments to shine, especially on third track Implosion of Heaven. This album also features some of the COB patented style experimentation (of Something Wild at least) sometimes branching out into more progressive metal territory with the drums and some of the song structures, which leads to some interesting dynamics because harsh and serene.
Even if Children of Bodom was never quite your bag, don't let that stop you from acquiring this fantastic release, Implosion of Heaven from Inearthed. While the members of the band may now tout some rancid abominable form of Melodic Death Metal, their humble beginnings show them in a different light, a light so bright, it far it outshines much of their latter material.
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Album Rating: 4.0
Please note: this is a reposting of a review from my previous account. It is not plagiarized in any way. I made a few changes but for the most part, the review remains the same.
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If metal does nothing else, at least it has graced the world with some of the most creative band names ever.
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haha true that
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lol I remember your last review for this. funny shit with the negs, dryden, and everyone else
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Btw, not to go far off topic, but noticed you're digging Vertebrae. I just acquired that album and i'm thoroughly impressed. It's much better than i expected.
Back on topic, I might check this out, but melodeath has never really been my thing. Good review though.
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@Relinquished- haha yeah i remember it too (obvs). Let's hope it doesn't turn out the same this time around. Oh and thanks Hyperion
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noice first paragraph made me smile a little
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EDIT LIST:
metall band
death metall-like
Is there some sort of death metall? I thought it was death metal. =P
(specifically 1997's Something Wild and some parts of 1999's Hatebreeder delved into Melodic Black Metal,
Italicize album titles, make all genre names lowercase, parenthases at the end.
When it comes to the vocals, Alexi's high-pitched rasp is nowhere to be found, instead, his voice is a deep, gutturall growl,
Metall=joke right?
Gutturall=bad spelling?
It perfectly fits the music as well, which are savage slabs of death metall, with slight melodic embellishments.
Fix. Bad grammar (is not are) and the slabs doesn't work with is.
Not even going to talk about metall.
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Tsss ..Ahhhh
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English your first language?
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I already know the mistakes, this is a repost, so i'll go around and clean it up later when i'm not feeling lazy
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but in the mean time lets get baked and have pizza
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The guitars are down-tuned and chunky,(./;) As opposed to Bodom's lead heavy style of playing, the guitars are much more rhythm- based, creating a dark,(omit) atmosphere through the use of tempo and cadence changes. A perfect example is album opener "Chaos(,)" which sees the guitar go from blindingly(different word) fast tremolo picking, to mid-paced palm muting and then back again. While fierce and unrelenting, the guitars retain melodic qualities as well, making frequent use of Iron Maiden style(-) harmonizations.
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Hey Austin....quit it.
And fuck yeah dryden i'm down
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I already know the mistakes, this is a repost, so i'll go around and clean it up later when i'm not feeling lazy
Late.
Sorry.
Um but it's... er... yeah fuck this shit.
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dryden forgot what happened before
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Haha I understand your disappointment/pain
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did i rage or somethin
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big time
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Sputnik has the greatest mods/staff ever. I love them, especially the mods.
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