MARTYR — Extracting the Core: Live 2001 (review)

MARTYR — Extracting the Core: Live 2001 album cover Live album · 2001 · Technical Death Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3.5/5 ·
Stooge
This live document serves as a nice introduction to what Martyr has to offer. The material on this live album covers both albums they had released at the time. 3 songs are from Hopeless Hopes and the remaining 6 songs are from Warp Zone.

The band’s performance is very good, but the sound quality, while not totally bad, is somewhat rough on the ears. I suppose much of that could be attributed to the more aggressive nature of the material and the distortion, but the mix could have been a bit better. However, the most important factor is that the band pulls of their technical material with precision and ease, and is able to maintain a high energy level.

I’m impressed by the bonus content that is included on this CD. It contains MP3s of four studio tracks from their two previous studio albums, allowing the fan to make comparisons between their live and studio sound without needing to own one of their other albums. Multimedia content includes video clips for additional songs to give users a glimpse of Martyr on stage, as well as a mini photo gallery and bio. Being released in 2001 (pre-YouTube and other great internet resources), much of this content would have been more appreciated back then, but is still a great bonus today.

For the live recording itself, I’d give it around 3 to 3.5 stars. However being so impressed by the overall presentation and extras provided, the extra half star is well deserved. Extracting the Core is a cool live album that should appeal to thrash and death metal fans.
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