![]() Track 6, The Dark Mind, follows a similar structure to melodic death metal in raspy verses, slightly more melodic choruses and blast beats and while not standing out massively from the crowd, is a well written and executed track. Again the vocals really impress, especially near the end of the track, when the tempo raises a little. We’ll Meet Again comes next and took me by surprise as it is a 7 minute long ballad which I wasn’t expecting, at least not so early in an album but it works and is a really nice, really well put together song showing Degradead have talent that reaches beyond the confinement of their genre. The song is laden with breakdowns and even has an almost Flamenco guitar sound in the solo, ending with a real aggressive sound coupled with screams. ![]() Dead Becomes Alive starts with a little guitar picking intro and very fast and heavy vocals and drumming. ![]() The vocals again move up and down through many different ranges and are a real highlight of the track and the album altogether. For Better Or Worse is one of the real highlights of the album being more rhythmic then the first two tracks which gives it a gloomier feel. The song redeems itself though by upping the intensity to mosh pit standards for the final 30 secs. The title track follows next and again keeps the pace up with the raspy vocals hitting more ranges, some nice guitar solos but a peculiar slow down near the end which is almost spoken word for a few seconds and sounds out of place. Pretty typical fare for the melodic death metal genre but done to a high standard. The first track, One Against All, starts aggressively with fast paced drumming and riffs with raspy death metal vocals before hitting more melodic choruses with clean vocals. The Monster Within was released in August, 2013 on Metalville Records, clocks in at 40 minutes playing time and has 10 tracks on it. Degradead came recommended via Xbox Music as being similar to recent purchases and after spending the first 10 minutes trying to decide on how to pronounce their name, I decided to have a listen to their most recent offering, The Monster Within.ĭegradead are officially a death metal/melodic death metal band hailing from Sweden. If you can’t get enough of the melodic death/thrash sound from Sweden, "The Monster Within" is worth your time- please do not keep this act under the radar much longer.I feel really blessed at the moment musically having accidentally stumbled upon a small handful of bands that I really enjoy and the latest on that list (and keeping with my current Scandinavian metal addiction) are Degradead. The commercial parts could be deal breakers for some (if so, you may wish to skip the lighter, tasteful 6:48 ballad "We’ll Meet Again"), but I really think the scales tip in favor of the old school heaviness so that Degradead will never be considered a melodic death/thrash band who desire to reach for the metal-core lowest common denominator fan base. ![]() "Scars of Misery" rules from a stair step riff standpoint, guitarists David Szucs and Anders Nystrom tight as a whip and can move from heads down speed to these drop on a dime groove elements guaranteed to make audiences go mad. The upbeat thrash comes into play from a rhythm section standpoint, not necessarily pure Bay Area with intent but another slice of European grace and class. The band still worship at the altar of In Flames and Soilwork, although a lot of the pop-oriented choruses possess a decidedly American friendly aspect (check out "Dead Becomes Alive" and "Strive to Struggle" for those Sunset Strip hard rock elements), but there’s just something endearing about the ripcord harshness when vocalist Mikael Sehlin busts out the fierce screams and inhuman roars. Only drummer Amit Mohla as the new recruit last year is the minor difference as we take in the fourth album "The Monster Within". So it is refreshing to deal with Sweden’s Degradead, for 4/5 of the lineup have been along the melodic death/thrash metal landscape since their 2006 inception. ![]() People lose faith in an act’s reliability if it seems like there is constant fluctuation between who is in and out of a group between records. Many take for granted the importance of a consistent lineup in terms of a band’s ascension up the metal ranks. ![]()
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