Good lord, I've heard some poor music in my time but this just takes the cake. Thy Art is Murder are one of the worst deathcore bands I've ever heard and
Infinite Death sums up everything I
Hate about them perfectly. The music is a mess, with completely random technical fills which don't fit at all in with the context of the songs, there's way too many breakdowns and the vocalist is horrific.
And although I wish I could leave the review at that, the rules require me to expand further so here goes.
Infinite Death is bad, really bad, the guitarists play a series of completely random technical fills with no structure or thought put into them with an over abundance of breakdowns. Breakdowns in themselves aren't inherently a bad thing, some bands pull them off better than others and when done right they can compliment the music. However, breakdowns need to be used sparingly and the band needs to ensure that they're kept interesting enough to prevent the music from becoming monotonous. When much of your music is comprised of breakdowns however, then the whole point of them becomes lost. The technical leads are laughably bad, there's too much sweep picked lines that don't mix well with the context of the music which is incredibly simple despite what others might say. The guitarists can handle their instruments I'm not denying that, but there's a difference between being good musicians and being good song writers. The technical musicianship doesn't seem to exist for any other reason except for the fact of showing off.
Similar to every other deathcore band on the freaking planet, this gets boring, and fast. There's no variation between songs, each song follows the same formula of technical lead followed by breakdown; rinse and repeat. The vocals are beyond awful, whilst the low growls are competent enough, they lack character and sound weak. The highs are really what bring it down, they're incredibly whiny, annoying and when mixed with the ridiculous lyrics it becomes comical. Unfortunately, the music is highly vocal driven with them leading the music much of the time, as is the case with
Whore to a
Chainsaw.
With deathcore, I try not to hold it to the standards I hold other music to and thus I have very low standards for this kind of music. I try not to get worked up about deathcore because the very nature of it prevents me from taking it seriously. By deathcore standards
Infinite Death is bad, it follows the usual formula but does it in a way that is much worse than what other bands have done. It's like
Suicide Silence for a number of reasons, the vocals are similar, with Brendan trying to recreate the distinctive high screams of Mitch, and the lyrics seem to deal with typical subjects. The musicianship is certainly more technical than the aforementioned band but it's also a lot worse, the music is nowhere near as catchy with Thy Art is Murder struggling to write anything that can be called cohesive. If I hold this to the same standards I hold to other music then this is pretty much the worst thing ever, there's no coherence, guitarists don't know a lick of musical theory and just play w
Hatever, vocals are grating and the lyrics are obnoxious as hell. There's really nothing to enjoy about this, and although it's a deathcore by the numbers release, they manage to make it a whole lot more annoying than what I would have thought possible.
Avoid at all costs.
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