Of Winter Born (UK) [Limited]

老舗Earacheにもついにデスコアの波が・・・キタ～～～～！？Bring Me The Horizonの1stフルレングスを北米でリリースしたEaracheから、BMTHに迫る勢いのUK・バース産のデスコア・バンド、IgnominiousIncarceration、デビュー！ 2008年中はBring Me The HorizonやCryptopsyとのツアーに参加。2009年はBleed From Withinとのツアーも決定！BMTH、Beneath The Massacreのファンに確実に刺さる1枚！

This somewhat ridiculously named five-piece from England plays brutal, technical death metal with reasonable proficiency. As with many young bands, it's possible to close your eyes while listening to their songs and picture the members' record collections, and in this case the shelves/iPods would definitely include the collected works of Decapitated, Metallica's ...And Justice for All, everything by the Black Dahlia Murder, and At the Gates' Slaughter of the Soul, just to start. There are odd bits here and there that show even greater promise, like a breakdown toward the end of the title track that's pure Amon Amarth, and there are some nice production tricks scattered about. Which is fine; those are all very good bands to steal from, if you're gonna steal, and these guys, particularly guitarists Steven Brown and Danny Guy, are skilled players. However, barring some radical compositional or technical breakthrough, it would be extraordinarily difficult for a group like Ignominious Incarceration to break out of the pack, given the limitations of death metal as a genre. [A limited edition was also released.] ~ Phil Freeman|