Inearthed - Implosion Of Heaven Review

Inearthed Implosion Of Heaven

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Tracklist:
1.Chaos
2.Shards Of Truth
3.Implosion Of Heaven
4.Tss, Ahh!!

Release Date: 1994

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Formed in Espoo, Finland, during the year of 1993, Inearthed was a Melodic Death Metal band that would eventually go on to become the infamous Children of Bodom. Whatever preconceptions one may have about this band based on the groups current form should be thrown away immediately, because Inearthed is nothing similar at all to the music created by Bodom. Their raging debut, a combination of Death Metal-like ferocity with melodic metal embellishments perfectly illustrates the potential the band had locked inside, and later squandered with subsequent releases.

While Children of Bodom's earlier releases (specifically 1997's Something Wild and some parts of 1999's Hatebreeder delved into Melodic Black Metal, Inearthed takes a completely different direction, taking influence from early classic Death Metal. When it comes to the vocals, Alexi's high-pitched rasp is nowhere to be found, instead, his voice is a deep, gutteral growl, comparable to those of George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher or Glen Benton of Deicide. It perfectly fits the music as well, which are savage slabs of Death Metal, with slight melodic embellishments. The guitars are down-tuned and chunky, As opposed to Bodom's lead heavy style of playing, the guitars are much more rhythm based, creating a dark, atmosphere through the use of tempo and cadence changes. A perfect example is album opener Chaos which sees the guitar go from blindingly fast tremolo picking, to mid-paced palm muting and then back again. While fierce and unrelenting, the guitars retain melodic qualities as well, making frequent use of Iron Maiden style harmonizations. The Iron Maiden influences are shown unabashedly in the song, Shards of Truth which features a beautiful harmonized mid-section.

The drumming on this album is also standout, with Jaska Raatikainen creating many interesting and unique fills through. His drumming style is tight, always perfectly in sync with all the other instruments. His double bass technique is just excellent, being able to deviate from the main drum line making the beat even more insteresting than it would've been. Surprisingly, the bass is extremely loud in the mix, an unusual factor for a Death Metal band. Most often, its just mimicking the guitar lines, or syncopated with the bass drum, but it does have it's own moments to shine, especially on third track Implosion of Heaven. This album also features some of the COB patented style experimentation (of Something Wild at least) sometimes branching out into more progressive metal territory with the drums and some of the song structures, which leads to some interesting dynamics because harsh and calm.

Even if Children of Bodom was never quite your bag, don't let that stop you from acquiring this fantastic release, Implosion of Heaven from Inearthed. While the members of the band may now tout some rancid abominable form of Melodic Death Metal, their humble beginnings show them in a different light, a light so bright, it far it outshines much of their latter material.

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