Misery Index - Heirs To Thievery

Published May 25 2010

*=Staff's pick	Embracing Extinction Fed To The Wolves* The Carrion Call* Heirs To Thievery The Spectator The Illuminaught* The Seventh Cavalry Plague Of Objects You Lose Sleeping Giants Day Of The Dead*

Genre	Death Metal	Jason Nederthon	Vocals
Tracks	11	Mark Klöppel	Guitar
Runningtime	34 Min.	Sparky Voyles	Guitar
Label	Relapse	Jason Nederthon	Bass
Release	11 May 2010	Adam Jarvis	Drums
Country	USA	-	Keyboard
Producer	Steve Wright
Similar artists	---

Sweet mother of blasphemous blastbeats - although I thought "Traitors" was good, I would be lying if I said that I saw this coming. This can actually be the album of the year; "Heirs To Thievery" is quite simply that good.

As a listener you get 11 tracks of such quality delivered with the precision that ought to satisfy even the most critical tech-lover out there. Adam Jarvis is the man responsible for steering the mighty ship with either a furious display of blastbeats, either with such a groove that I'd never thought I would experience on an album in this genre. The first song I heard off the record, The Carrion Call, is a good example of this. A heavy, groovy first part of the song gets interrupted at 1:30 when the band unleashes a tornado that makes your knuckles go white.

Now, it's not pedal to the metal music all the time on "Heirs To Thievery"- what makes the album so good is the variety of music that is put on display here. This might sound a bit weird since we're talking brutal death metal here, but after a few listens you realize that the lads of Misery Index really know where to press down the gas pedal to the max, and when not to.

Songwise there are quite a few songs on this album that are pure gold. Embracing Extinction and Day Of The Dead, two songs that with their short length and aggressive onslaught embraces the rest of the material - Fed To The Wolves with its fantastic blastbeatintro, and the title track with its anger are some of the very good songs on this album.

"Heirs To Thievery" is a very strong album from a band that deserves every bit of attention. If you're into quality death metal with strong songs performed by mastermusicians you won't be disappointed in Misery Index latest offering.

Performance	Originality	Production	Vocals	Songwriting
9	6	8	8	9

Summary
9 chalices of 10 - Martin