{"id":18135,"date":"2015-01-28T16:00:39","date_gmt":"2015-01-28T21:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.toiletovhell.com\/?p=18135"},"modified":"2015-01-28T14:17:09","modified_gmt":"2015-01-28T19:17:09","slug":"consistency-in-music-marduk-vs-napalm-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/consistency-in-music-marduk-vs-napalm-death\/","title":{"rendered":"Consistency In Music: Marduk vs. Napalm Death"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Provided you’re not a child or a corpse, you will recognize the image above this post. Ghostbusters and Ghostbusters 2 are absolutely incredible and important films, not to mention staples of a young McNulty’s childhood. Recently, Ghostbusters 2 was released on Blu-ray and in the time since I’ve seen many critiques of the film. Some people seem to think it’s simply a rehash of the original, superior movie. I say, at least they’re consistent!<\/p>\n

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Consistency, whether in a positive or negative connotation, is an oft-discussed topic when it comes to heavy metal. How important is consistency in a band’s career? Let’s look at two very recent releases from two major players in the metal community: Frontschwein<\/em> by Marduk<\/strong> and Apex Predator: Easy Meat<\/em> by Napalm Death<\/strong>. Both bands are different: black merol (jajajaja) vs. grindcore; yet similar in consistency, career-wise. I expect complete jimmy-rustlage and my opinions could be swayed so you are more than welcome to\u00a0come at me in the comments, bro<\/strong>bocop.<\/p>\n

It is with a heavy heart that I FLUSH<\/strong> Marduk’s new album (I am a recent\u00a0Marduk fan; as I ADORE\u00a0both Wormwood<\/em> and Serpent Sermon<\/em>, and have enjoyed just about every song that I’ve heard prior to those as well). Each song on this\u00a0album contains an inertia that doesn’t seem to change: riffs are repeated with few progressions, there are NO\u00a0solos (which are rare for the band, but most welcome), and the drumming is either doomy or blast-beat-y throughout the duration. Half of the songs proceed ahead at breakneck speed, the other half doom me straight to sleepytown. But whether we’re dealing with the slow songs or fast songs, I’m bored. I do want to point out the stand-out track “Doomsday Elite”<\/a> that does command the listener’s attention for its 8:11 duration; but it’s the exception and not the rule. This is the kind of music which we’re accustomed to, with enough tempo changes and killer riffs. Overall, it isn’t a terrible album, just a very dull one. Marduk are going through the motions in this Detective’s humble opinion. Here, check out one of the tracks and judge for yourself:<\/p>\n