Doomsday X (Doomsday X - Malevolent Creation)

Member Name: Frankingsteins

Product:	Doomsday X - Malevolent Creation
Date:	30/12/08 (23 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Angry.

Disadvantages: Not so much a celebration as another churning of the same tired album.

Malevolent Creation's tellingly titled tenth album, 'Doomsday X' doesn't feel much like a celebration, but rather an unimaginative clone of the band's endlessly repetitive thrash-death metal style, based on dull chugging guitars and shouting. The production job is sharp, but this robs the band of its character to a degree.

The band seems unable to remedy this problem of tedium despite their best efforts, as the repetitive thrash riffs of 'Deliver My Enemy' are followed up by restless, ever-changing guitar lines in 'Buried in a Nameless Grave' that end up being irritating and changeable for the sake of it.

Some songs such as 'Bio-Terror' are enhanced in their violence merely by the contrast of a slightly less extreme neighbour, and the only song that truly impressed me was the instrumental 'Prelude to Doomsday,' which is far from the best death metal instrumental I've heard, but which showcases the band's guitar and drum talents greater than the other tracks are permitted.

Summary: Malevolent Creation's tenth album (2007).