MISERY INDEX — Heirs To Thievery

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Album · 2010

Filed under Death Metal
By MISERY INDEX

Tracklist

1. Embracing Extinction (1:50)
2. Fed to the Wolves (3:47)
3. The Carrion Call (3:47)
4. Heirs to Thievery (2:54)
5. The Spectator (3:04)
6. The Illuminaught (3:55)
7. The Seventh Cavalry (4:45)
8. Plague of Objects (3:08)
9. You Lose (2:31)
10. Sleeping Giants (2:57)
11. Day of the Dead (1:50)

Total Time 34:29

Line-up/Musicians

- Adam Jarvis / drums
- Mark Kloppel / vocals, guitar
- Jason Netherton / vocals, bass
- Sparky Voyles / guitar

Guest vocalists:
- Rich Johnson / vocals on "Embracing Extinction" ans "Heirs To Thievery"
- Mough Alvarado / vocals on "Day of the Dead"
- Erik Rutan / vocals on "The Illuminaught"
- John Gallagher / vocals on "Sleeping Giants"
- Vince Matthews / vocals on "You Lose"

About this release

Label: Relapse Records

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"Heirs To Thievery" is the 4th full-length studio album by US death metal act Misery Index. The album was released in May 2010 by Relapse Records.

The music on the 11 track, 34:21 minute long album is a combination of death metal, grindcore and deathcore. No matter what you choose to tag the music the key element in the band´s sound is relentless and fierce aggression. These guys are angry and they´ve chosen to write music that succesfully channels that anger. If you ever need a kick in the ass or a slap in the face, I suggest you put on "Heirs To Thievery". The music on this album is so powerful it threatens to blow you to pieces. While the pace in the songs is usually fast to blasting, Misery Index more than masters playing heavier riffs too. Take a listen to the mid-paced heavy "The Seventh Cavalry" for proof of that. The songs are pretty simple in structure ( yet full of little details) and very effective in terms of powerful delivery but they are also quite memorable. Hooks in extreme metal are a luxury, but Misery Index deliver one memorable hook after the other on "Heirs To Thievery". And we´re not necessarily talking melodic hooks. It´s how the rythms in the vocals and the riffs are delivered that matters here. Not that there are no melodic elements in the songs, because there are melodic lead fills here and there, but the focus is on crushingly brutal riffs and fierce aggression.

The musicianship on the album is excellent. We´re talking razor sharp riffing and precision drumming. The vocals vary between deep growls and aggressive raw vocals. The latter has a "core" edge to them.

The production is very powerful. One of the things I noticed upon first listen was how high the drums are in the mix and to great effect IMO.

"Heirs To Thievery" more than delivers what I had hoped for. Actually I was a bit afraid that the "core" element in the band´s sound would have an effect on how much I could appreciate the album, but the dose of "core" elements is just right. Misery Index fortunately avoid many of the clichés in deathcore and when they pull out a breakdown or some other feature that you would normally associate with that genre it works. I can´t give a scientific explanation to how come that is, but these guys just know how to write effective extreme metal, that you won´t come across very often. A 4 - 4.5 star rating is deserved.

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