"The first time I heard this album it blew me away, unfortunately it lost its punch after that, but it is still an album that should be checked out by any fan of Modern/Melodic Death Metal"

Follow up:

7.5/10

1. The Moribund Choir vs. The Trumpets Of Armageddon
2. Martyr To Science
3. Slaughter's Palace
4. The Brave / Agony Applause Watch the video!
5. Deathrace
6. Fire At Will
7. Seal Slayer
8. Manifesto
9. Dying Breed
10. Altruism
11. Temple Of Love
12. The Brave / Agony Applause - Acoustic Live Version
13. Martyr To Spam - Planetakis vs. Deadlock DJ Morgot

Deadlock is a German melodic death metal band that uses the back forth growling of a male vocalist and the singing of a female vocalist, known as beauty and the beast style vocals (and we mean beauty).

They are musically similar to bands like Disarmonia Mundi, or Sonic Syndicate, adding both heaviness and melody to every track. Manifesto is the band’s sixth full length album. It is the third with vocalist Sabine Weniger.

One thing that you have to understand about Deadlock is that they are vegans (at least those who write the lyrics are). So every song on this album is about animal rights in some form or another. Which is good, but sometimes it makes it seem like they are preaching to you say that if you enjoy hunting or eating a hamburger then you are a bad person.

Musically the album is strong, even though it does seem a little bit too factored (-trying too hard to make a single). The riffing and soloing is nice the bass does some pretty complex stuff and the two vocalist switch back and forth very nicely. However, it is the drum part that I enjoyed the most on this album.

The album starts out with techno music and bad words. Then it goes into the song “Martyr to Science” which sets the pace for the rest of the album, with heavy verses and catchy choruses. The next track is “Slaughter’s Palace” which has a very nice and soft chorus which is a strong contrast to the death metal growls and breakdowns of the rest of the song. The third full song is the singe “The Brave/The Agony Applause”, which is every thing you would ever want in a single. The next track has rap lyrics in it, and I do not mean it has some guy rapping over rock guitars, I mean that after the metal song is over it goes in to a rap song. Now I like some rap music, but this is far from good rap music, this is a definite minus on the album (tip when you can hear the changing of the sound clip skip to the next track) However, they make up for the rapping on the track “Fire at Will” which has a saxophone solo in the middle of it (good stuff). The track “Seal Slayer” has to be my personal favorite on the album. Former Scar Symmetry vocalist Christian Alvestam makes an appearance on the song “Dying Breed”. The last original track “Altuism” could be played on an adult commentary radio station, with its drum, piano, strings, and singing formula. The album ends with a cover of the The Sisters of Mercy track “Temple of Love”.

The first time I heard this album it blew me away, unfortunately it lost its punch after that, but it is still an album that should be checked out by any fan of Modern/Melodic Death Metal.

ROCK ON!!!!

Links

Deadlock on Myspace
Deadlock's official website
Buy the album

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