Parasite Inc. - Time Tears Down
Gooddamn Records - 2013
Parasite Inc. are putting the 'death' back in melodic death metal. If you listen to the album, the two best comparisons that I can make would be that of The Duskfall and their country-mates Heaven Shall Burn. Heaven Shall Burn comes up due to the intensity and fury of the music itself and The Duskfall in their ability to come up with absolutely gorgeous guitar melodies in each song and the vocalist does not sing and maintains the visceral, in-your-face vocal style. Truth be told, the melodies on tracks like "Function or Perish" and "Armageddon in 16 to 9" are some of the most inspired I've heard this year. Some of the soloing is enough to make Alexi Laiho blush. There isn't one track where a riff hasn't embedded itself into my skull for a while. It's great that they can also keep the energy pumping with all of these melodies, with "Back for War" offering a bludgeoning start and nicely end capped by "Hatefilled". There is also no absence of groove on closer "The End of Illusion" and "Scapegoat". While they may not be treading new material in terms of genre, their execution is flawless. This one is a no-brainer if you love melodic death metal.
The band is obviously aware of the quality of material that they have created, as they have continued to release a number of tracks onto the internet, I've provided two of my favorites below.
Function or Perish
Pulse of the Dead
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