{"id":98258,"date":"2023-03-03T00:00:42","date_gmt":"2023-03-03T00:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=98258"},"modified":"2023-03-14T13:55:26","modified_gmt":"2023-03-14T13:55:26","slug":"ep-review-sacrificial-mercy-misanthropic-disposition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/ep-review-sacrificial-mercy-misanthropic-disposition\/","title":{"rendered":"SACRIFICIAL MERCY – Misanthropic Disposition EP (2023) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

SACRIFICIAL MERCY
Misanthropic Disposition EP<\/strong><\/span>
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\nSelf-released (2023)<\/span>
Rating: 8\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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When I slapped this EP on I was immediately under the impression that this violent five-song affair was some kind of obscure South American oddity. It\u2019s primitive nature, it\u2019s scowling vocal rasps and general feel of black thrash had me convinced it was some sort of Brazilian indie release, but lo and behold Sacrificial Mercy hails from Surrey, British Columbia in Canada, so there was a surprise.<\/p>\n

Misanthropic Disposition<\/em> spits a lot of venom, and while the design is very much \u2013 according to the band anyway \u2013 a crossover thrash affair, the vocals of Geory Tinga are certainly vicious and there is a strong yet raw punky theme throughout as the quintet coughs out \u2018Sacrificial Mercy\u2019, \u2018Black Blood\u2019, \u2018No End In Sight\u2019, \u2018Modern Day Slave\u2019 and \u2018Fuck You\u2019.<\/p>\n

Even so, this is a rather refreshing release due to its vigour and old school, underground values, and the way the guys drift effortlessly between slower, melodic grooves (\u2018Black Blood\u2019) before shifting into some truly evil and hostile speed (\u2018No End In Sight\u2019) is very impressive. So, if you like harsh, grim black thrash but with an almost streetwise muscularity and hardcore slant then strap in for this whirlwind.<\/p>\n

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

SACRIFICIAL MERCYMisanthropic Disposition EP Self-released (2023)Rating: 8\/10 When I slapped this EP on I was immediately under the impression that this violent five-song affair was some kind of obscure South American oddity. It\u2019s primitive nature, it\u2019s scowling vocal rasps and general feel of black thrash had me convinced it was some sort of Brazilian indie […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,5247],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-98258","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-ep-reviews","category-sacrificial-mercy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98258","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=98258"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98258\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98260,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98258\/revisions\/98260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98258"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98258"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98258"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}