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Band:Scarpoint Album:The Silence We Deserve Record Company:Blind Prophecy Records Writer: Joey Edens Media: Myspace Click Album Cover To Buy Now

What happens when you cross Fear Factory, Meshuggah, and Scarve's sound together? Scarpoint, that's what. These melodic death metalling Swedes kick out tracks that are both vibrant yet cold, malicious yet cautious at times, both speedy and slow. And above all there are a shitload of Meshuggahisms in this album, which may or may not have something to do with the two bands sharing the same producer, in one Daniel Bergstrand. 10 jittery yet menacing songs litter the landscape here in a nice demolishing fashion. I get the same feeling listening to these songs as I got when watching those post-battle scenes in the future from the Terminator movies, of volatile and coldly mechanical pockets of destruction surrounding me.

I've seen reference in other reviews lately to some albums that, while good albums, leave nothing that stands out. "The Silence We Deserve" definitely falls into that category. For the life of me, truly only 3 parts REALLY stick out in this album, the first of which is the intro, which sounds like a middle eastern instrumental over an ominous sounding synth. The second is a really annoying rap section in the end of the ninth track, entitled "Oblivion", and the third is a very cool echo/call and answer recording effect in "Against My Will", the album's closer. I guess you could say "Disorder" sticks out well too, as the riffs are very mosh-inspiring. Overall the album has nice crushing riffs and a hair-raising pace, but the songs all ring out the same to me, with little changeups or variance.

Vocalist Henrik Englund sounds EXACTLY like the guy from Meshuggah, which isn't really a bad thing, but it's so close to the Meshuggah styling, that in my mind it loses a sense of originality. The rythmic cohesion of the bass (Eric Holmberg), drums (Erik Thyselius), and guitar (Zoran Kukuli and Alexander Nord) are concise and clear.......I'd say the album is much akin to listening to an Origin album: it's the same song over and over, but at least it's a good song. The production here is very good, and you can hear everything from the vocals to the cymbals on the drumset in exactly the same precise clarity. I'd suggest this album to any Meshuggah fan out there, and while it's not going to particularly stand out in your record collection, it will be a decent ass-kicker of a disc to throw on from time to time and rock out to. Monkey Rocked, though not completely surprised with anything new.

Band:Scarpoint Album:The Silence We Deserve Record Company:Blind Prophecy Records Writer: Joey Edens Media: Myspace Click Album Cover To Buy Now

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