Lista de Bandas Death Metal Massive Slavery Global Enslavement

Massive Slavery hail from Canada, from Quebec most particularly, and have just released their first full-length via Maple Metal Records. They play a fierce mixture of modern Brutal Death Metal counterbalanced with lots of melodic leads.

Though there is nothing entirely new displayed in Global Enslavement, it is done with the fervor only seen on debut albums. Lyrics deal with societal issues and though Massive Slavery are no Napalm Death or Phobia, it is a nice and welcome change from all the clichés found throughout the genre.

Production is solid and very modern thanks to the crystal-clear arrangements performed by St-Amand (Despised Icon, Augury, etc.) and the mixing done by Rémillard (Kataklysm, Misery Index, Etc.). For a debut, getting the chance to work with accomplished engineers is no small feat and the results pay off showing Massive Slavery as a very much professional band though it’s only their debut and they even hadn’t released any demo or EP prior to this. Not only the musicians are good at their job, the singer has some atypical high-pitched growls that give the music something of a Thrash Metal/Hardcore edge.

Maybe too modern sometimes, and while the musicality is top-notch, a bit more emotion would have been welcome but I guess it’s something they can work on a sophomore release. With such technical skills, it probably won't be too hard to achieve significant results because if you want to deal with societal problems and the rage associated with them, it somehow has to show somewhere. So maybe more rage and less melody? I’ll let them be the judges of that.

Massive Slavery is a melodic death metal band from my own country, Canada. They managed to release a pretty decent debut titled 'Global Enslavement'.

The overall sound is very bass-oriented: down-tuned guitars, the bass is high in the mix, and the vocals tend to range from being deep and guttural to high pitched and screamy. Because of all that, they get a really 'brutal' heavy sound, which is exactly what you come to expect from the genre. They sort of remind me of some other Canadian death metal bands, like Neuraxis or Insurrection. The songs are well-crafted and each one is quite likeable, from the heavy headbanging guitar riffs to the more solo-esque melody sections. The vocals vary pretty well here, and according to their myspace page there is only one vocalist, who does his job well.

Then again, the band is solid enough that you can't really pick out anyone who underperforms; each instrument is played quite well, but since I'm more of a drums-and-guitars type of guy, that's what I favour most. The drums are really good, and pretty varied, from machine gun blast beats to symbol and top hat parts. I can say pretty much the same thing for the guitars; there are plenty of heavy sounding headbanging riffs, mixed with a second layer of melodious sections and guitar solo that helps balance the album pretty well.

In general, the album's sound is really consistent through and through (maybe too much so), so it is a little hard to pick out favorites among them, but I would go with 'The Denial of Man's Regression' (that slower, softer section in the middle makes it an easy standout), 'A Cold Interlude' (really nice, soft instrumental with really technical and good solos in there), and 'Humanity's Last Hope' (best riffs in the album, and a lot of vocal variation, this song is the reason I volunteered to review the album).

The overall score comes down to this: the instruments are played excellently, they have a more-than-average vocalist which is hard to get from a debut album, and there are a lot of really good riffs and melodies in here. The one thing that brings the score down is the fact that it just doesn't stand out all that much in the end, and some songs are a little generic. Don't get me wrong, it's a good album (14/20 = 7/10), and it's certainly better than the modern Gothenburg scene, but there just isn't enough that resonates with me. However, I can definitely see that this band has some serious potential. I can see myself casually listening to this album, and I can see the band has a lot of room to grow. It's a really enthusiastic debut, and I'd recommend it to fans of Melodic Death Metal.