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Death metal is such a limitless genre. You can do whatever you'd like. It can be over the top technical or slow. Brutal or insane and it's all so good. When we made "Visions of Death" it just came out with a natural old school-ish vibe and that's great, but our newer material has a much more modern technical vibe. I love how death metal has evolved.
For me, death metal should be heavy as fuck, brutal (which doesn't necessarily mean "fast"), atmospheric and evil. If the "evil" thing is not there, you can't label yourself death metal, that's a fact. I'm so fucking close minded when it comes to metal music... I listen to the SAME hard rock, heavy, thrash, doom, death and black metal that I used to listen to 15 years ago.
On their "The Therapy" EP Bologna, Italy-based death metallers Murder Therapy played an anonymous style of chunky death metal that was equal parts "The Bleeding" era Cannibal Corpse and "Foreshadowing Our Demise" era Skinless. One year later Murder Therapy debut on Deity Down Records with "Symmetry Of Delirium" and they have become so much better. Combining the chunky nature of Aborted circa "Engineering the Dead" with semi-technical and high speed blasts that remind of Hour Of Penance, (early) Krisiun and Hate Eternal's debut "Conquering the Throne" this label debut is so much better. Recorded, mixed and mastered at 16th Cellar Studio with Stefano Morabito (Fleshgod Apocalypse, Hour Of Penance, Vomit the Soul) "Symmetry Of Murder" comes with a massive crunchy and bass-heavy production that puts emphasis on the band's killer bottom end groove. All in all, "Symmetry Of Delirium" is a more groovy, technical and overall brutal release than their 2008 debut EP. While they aren't quite on the same page as Hour Of Penance, Murder Therapy have improved drastically compared to a year ago. If "Symmetry Of Delirium" is any indication Murder Therapy should be able to come up in the ranks of the Italian death metal scene soon.http://www.deitydownrecords.comcomment itWouter 8
