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In February 1996 three musicians from various local bands in
Tempe, Arizona, united to form the heavy metal monster today known as Sloth
Frenzy. After having recruited two new members, headlined local shows and
opened up for big American names they decided that the time was right to
record a real album and the result became "Slow Murder", a very
well-produced mix of Machine Head influenced music, soaring guitar solos and
more traditional death metal tunes. The music is also of a rather melodic and
heavy kind but the prime strength of this band is the aggressive and very
powerful vocals. Contrary to most modern death metal bands Sloth Frenzy don´t
have the intention of playing as fast as possible but rely more on heavy
driving rhythms and aggressive vocals like Machine Head and other similar
bands. Most of the album is comprised of heavy and pulsating rage but they can
also produce slow and beautiful melodies as shown in the beginning of
"Sarcoid Savior". Perhaps Sloth Frenzy will not make themselves known as one
of the most important groundbreakers or pioneers of the metal history but they
still have the capacity of further developing their sound and are definitely
worthy of the attention from fans of aggressive metal/hardcore hybrids. Just
don´t expect subtle melodies and beautiful singing from them because this is
straight-forward flaming
aggression.
| Tracklist |
1. Distant |
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2. Patterns In Fiction 3. Sarcoid Savior 4. Unblessed (The |
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Goat) 5. Slow Murder 6. All Downhill From Here |
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Bonustrack: 7. Space Truckin' |
: 44.00
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