Track by Track to Infected Nations
Infected Nation – Now this is the way to start an album. This has a clean intro that is eerie and get you excited, then comes the heavy riff. This song turns into mayhem the second Matt Drake gets to the mic. On this album Matt changed his vocals and I personally love them, very Max Cavalera like. The chorus is actually kind of catchy when “INFECTED NATION!” is yelled it just sounds awesome. Then Ol Drake takes the spotlight with another one of his solos, In my eyes he is really becoming one of the best lead players in metal. His leads are fast, exciting and crystal clear, he is one guy who I cant wait to see evolve and how good he can get because right now there aren’t many better. This song slows down a bit in the outro and I think this was the best song to open the album with. This song reminded me of listening to And Justice For All... for the first time and hearing Blackened.
Now Demolition – This may be my favorite song off the album as of now, but I’ve been listening to it for 2 months now on myspace. This has more of a mid-tempo riff and the vocals are working perfectly with the song. The Chorus is just classic, nothing more to say. Ol Drake builds his solo up slowly and my god he absolutely murders, this is another amazing solo however it’s a bit slower which I like. This is overall a slower song then anything on Enter The Grave but is much heavier.
Nosophoros – Is another song that has been out for a while and I never really got into. It’s got a decent heavy riff that speeds up in to the verse. Matt’s vocals are really guttural here, more growl then he’s ever done. After the chorus it breaks down into a cool chuggy riff, it kind reminds me of The Metal by Tenacious D (haha!). Ol does another slow intro to the solo and doesn’t disappoint, you’ll have to BUY this album and give it a listen to really get how good he is at what he does. They break it down for the outro again which I love. Good song, not great and definitely not as good as the first two and what is to come.
Genocide – The intro to this song is awesome, really makes you want to just throw the Devil-Horns up. It starts at slow with some high-pitched lead work and then this really heavy guitar riff. Then the drums really start kicking, the guitars then do this really cool trade off thing with the bass. The Verse riff is extremely heavy and memorable. Matt is really sounding like Justice era Hetfield here and I’m digging it. The riff and tempo don’t really change for the chorus and then here comes another solo, I really cant say much more about Ol, If I still haven’t made my point about him, This is one of the best lead performances on the century, I could say decade but century sounded cooler. This song is 7:42 so its full of solo’s so Ol really takes over. I first realized how good the lead work worked with the Rhythms on this track; i guess it helps when the guitarists are brothers. The vocals are surprisingly hooky on this song, just a great performance on the Drake brother’s part.
Plague To End All Plagues – This album starts with a killer heavy and fast riff. The verse is a pretty normal metal riff, galloping with some power chords but it’s really focused on the vocals, which are great. The chorus is just the title being recited, which is cool, but Matt seems a bit awkward hitting the high notes in the chorus. The solos sounds very much like a Dimebag (RIP) solo with the extensive use of the whammy bar and it sounds amazing, great lead work.
Devoid of Thought – This song really resembles the song THRASHER off Evile’s first album in the intro. The Verse is awesome though, really heavy riff. I wish they would have done more with the chorus all it is, is “Devoid of though” yelled. The solo I won’t get into because it will have the same explanation of all the others.
Time No More – Starts off with one of the best riffs on the album and the drumming is superb. This is the best song since the first two. The Verse invokes mayhem and the chorus is amazing and it’s actually a chorus! Not just repeating the title over and over. This breaks down with a new riff and its sweet, the solo is great not as mind-blowing as over but this song wasnt really calling for a long epic one.
Metamorphasis – The song starts with a simple chord intro with the bass just chugging at the bottom end. The Verse and Chorus are heavy and this is also one of the better songs on the end, it is a lot heavier then it is fast. This song is an epic and has many parts to it and drags a little at times, I think on this and a lot of songs they drag out a lot of the instrumental bridges for too long. Ol Drake stands out again though.
Hundred Wrathful Deities – This is an Instrumental Epic that I wont even explain. It shows the bands true musicianship and talent and I recommend you just listen for yourself.
My Parasite (Bonus Track) – OH MY GOD, This song has such insane riffage its crazy, i have no idea why this wasnt on the album as a normal track. This is probably the most death metal track Evile has ever done and they really pull it off. The solo is complete mayhem once again; Ol Drake has given us the best lead performance of the year hands down.
DVD – The DVD was just hilarious clips of the band and I suggest you pick it up its well worth it.
Overall: This album isn’t as good as Enter The Grave but Evile are establishing there own sound and I’m in no way worried about their talent. Ol drake shows a lot of promise is his lead playing but the riffing just isn’t there yet, on Eviles next release if they get some better and more diversified riffs we could be looking at a masterpiece.
8/10
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