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  • Malevolent Creation - The Fine Art of Murder

    Malevolent Creation - The Fine Art of Murder
    1998 Pavement Records

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Malevolent Creation - The Fine Art of Murder

1998 Pavement Records :: Reviewed by rofreason on 2005-07-07

I Have to admit that I didn't really pay too much attention to Phil and the boys for the past few releases, but after checking out a few minutes of TFAoM, I couldn't pass on this! Ludicrously insane, thanks to returning skinsman Dave Culross, who left Suffocation to fly in and record all 13 of these tracks in like 3 days. Pretty unbelievable, as there are some serious nuances here that Dave picks up on nicely. Besides Culross's return, the fine art also sees guitarist Rob Barret and Brett Hoffman back in the vocal chair. Call it a Malevolent reunion, but it all seems to work, things speeding along for almost the entire album. One major change though is Phil's addition of keyboards into some of the main tracks. What the hell, they had to slow down at some point, right? Well, don't get too worried, cuz this disc also holds some of the fastest moments yet. Things tend to drag a bit towards the end (hell, the album is almost an hour long!), but for the most part, not too shabby.