{"id":94407,"date":"2022-07-01T00:00:42","date_gmt":"2022-06-30T23:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=94407"},"modified":"2022-07-19T17:12:07","modified_gmt":"2022-07-19T16:12:07","slug":"ep-review-massacre-mythos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/ep-review-massacre-mythos\/","title":{"rendered":"MASSACRE – Mythos EP (2022) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

MASSACRE
Mythos EP<\/strong><\/span>
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\nNuclear Blast (2022)<\/span>
Rating: 6.5\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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I have to admit that Massacre\u2019s 2021 opus Resurgence<\/em> \u2013 the first to feature Kam Lee on vocals since 1996\u2019s Promise<\/em> \u2013 was a tad underwhelming. Having said that, much of what Massacre has released since its inception has been rather average, yet their legend has preceded them in spite of the numerous line-up changes and altercations since the halcyon days of the mid-80s.<\/p>\n

Mythos<\/em> is the new EP by the combo, a four-track affair once again kneeling at the altar of author H.P. Lovecraft. It\u2019s a relatively short EP at 15-minutes that makes me question as to why it was released \u2013 were these mere off-cuts from the last record? Even so, Massacre\u2019s sound has certainly been bolstered by the addition of Rogga Johansson\u2019s juggernaut guitar work, but the fact that Massacre now has three axe men says a lot of their intended savagery. However, the reality is that even with this tri-attack death metal the band still feels relatively standard in design.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s no arguing with its aggression and heaviness. We\u2019ve become accustomed to Kam Lee\u2019s snarls and on the opening track, \u2018Behind The Serpent\u2019s Curse\u2019, his teaming up with Cadaver\u2019s Anders Odden makes for quite an experience especially to the backdrop of Brynjar Helgetun\u2019s hammering percussion and the devastating bass lines of Mike Borders.<\/p>\n

\u2018The Dunwich Horror\u2019 matches the belligerence of the opening track, racing hard and fast and foaming at the mouth. It is classic death metal circa mid-90s and ideal for sweaty summers in the Florida swamps. When the pace slows we get further terrifying tumult, but with the evolution of death metal Massacre seems somewhat left behind, and I\u2019m not sure why?<\/p>\n

As the awkwardly titled \u2018The Mythos That Lovecraft Built\u2019 comes grinding out of the blocks I don\u2019t feel as if I\u2019m being blown away, instead finding myself heading towards the far gloomier surroundings of Cerebral Rot and the likes who have taken death metal to new levels. And by the time \u2018The Thing On The Doorstep\u2019 grinds to a halt I\u2019m neither here nor there with this recording.<\/p>\n

Of course I\u2019m appreciative of what it all stands for and the legend created, but Massacre has just never been one of my go to bands, and as the band has drifted through the decades \u2013 in whatever guise \u2013 I\u2019ve lost interest yet feel ashamed at maybe not worshipping at their altar from day one. Mythos<\/em> is a rock solid death metal release and I can\u2019t really say anymore than that I\u2019m afraid.<\/p>\n

Neil Arnold<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

MASSACREMythos EP Nuclear Blast (2022)Rating: 6.5\/10 I have to admit that Massacre\u2019s 2021 opus Resurgence \u2013 the first to feature Kam Lee on vocals since 1996\u2019s Promise \u2013 was a tad underwhelming. Having said that, much of what Massacre has released since its inception has been rather average, yet their legend has preceded them in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,1147],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-ep-reviews","category-massacre"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=94407"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":94408,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94407\/revisions\/94408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=94407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=94407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=94407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}