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12/17/09

A PERFECT MURDER - War Of Aggression (2007)













A PERFECT MURDER (can)
War Of Aggression (2007)
Victory Records


As usual, I'm multi-tasking while doing this review like it did last night with this band's 3rd album. Now I'm listening to their 4th and final album. Seems they have called it quits when Victory Records decided to pull the plug on their tour support. That's such a sad news but anyway, let's hear out the final aggression from this band, A Perfect Murder.

This album finds this band going to a more melodic approach but increases other characteristics as well, there are more input of their hardcore roots here and more melodic experiments being introduced to the record. I think this record is an good attempt to break away from the shadows of their predecessors in this genre of music. The songs are shorter and tighter and more influences were introduced to the mix.

Same angry band with more mature approach this time with more melodic but simpler approach than the previous album. Here are some of the tracks:

In Hell
This is a jumpy hardcore tune that have enough decibels to leave a ringing in your ears for a long time. Hardcore is the main component here with open chord groove that will make the masses jump the fuck up and just be consumed by the hardcore rage of this song. This is as hard as the concrete streets and it's violent community and primal survival instincts. Less southern influence and more urban approach. The tune gives you an idea how hard life can be and this song punches harder.

Rapture
a decent intro of timing slowly building intensity then blows. another song with real cool groove lines with a splash of dark imagery to the sound. One of the coolest guitar solos if it were a little longer. Melodic guitar solo amidst the hard rhythm onslaught. The "whoaa!" says it all.. that's how you can enjoy such hard music with impulses of inner violent grooves. Very nice song.

Disconnect
a stomping song with a little dose of classic guitar influences. This sounds like Pantera again from the trendkill era. Decent but short guitar solos that almost like just guitar fills. This maybe the sound of Pantera if they stayed with their hardcore influence. Short, hard but effective, while not the song that stands out from the rest this still packs a lot of punch and earns its dent with the rest of the songs.

While going the more metalcore/hardcore influences in this album, this album has better guitar solos if they were not so short. Not to align them with the classic metal tunes, we have to agree that these guys have tons of headbanging grooves that screaming so loud that is undeniable even with other genres of metal. But even with their hard outer shell, there is also a gasp of air in this collection of hard tunes. "Fortunate Son" is the track I'm talking about. After listening to two albums of hard as concrete impact groove-core the stoner like mellow song is much appreciated. I just hope that they reform another band that will carry this sound to the next possible level of their musical venture.

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