Disco de Deadlock: “Manifesto”

THESE GUYS NEVER DISAPPOINT ME!

The new Deadlock album "Manifesto" is a prime example of how Melodic Death Metal should be. This band mixes Brutality and Melody amazingly well. The music will be Brutal and crushing one minute, and the next second you get a melodic beautiful transition. What i love about Deadlock is Their ability to do it so well. The Guitar playing on this album is a treat to any Guitar fan. Many wonderful Melody's, and Harmonies that will be stuck in your head for days, and some of the finest guitar solos you'll find in death metal. This guitarist is a monster! The rest of the band is excellent too. all these guys are top of their game. The Vocals are another huge highlight in this band. you get 2 vocalists. The Deep death metal growls and Screams of Johannes Prem, and the Beautiful angelic female vocals of Sabine Weniger. Bolth Vocalists put on a great performance. The growls, and clean female vocals work strangely amazingly well together. The Catchy Choruses of this album will be burned in your head! my only complaint on this album is on the song "Deathrace" The last 2 mins of this 6 min song is a hip hop freestyle rap part. it comes completely out of left feild, and has no connection to the rest of the song at all. i quess it was a joke or experiment, but not my cup of tea so i always skip it once the part starts. other than that the album is Flawless! The song "Dying Breed" has a quest vocal appearance from "Christian Älvestam" the former vocalist of Scar Symmetry. It is Def a highlight!

This album is amzing don't let it slip by!

for fans of scar symmetry, soilwork, darkane, and in flames

This album contains rap.

Now, for those of you who wish to learn more beyond this point--if you aren't already sick to your stomach--then read on.

I am a huge proponent of album listening. What this means is that I do not listen to playlists, compilations, or single songs unless I'm listening to the radio. When I listen to music, I like to listen to a complete album from a single artist or band. This is how I critique the music I listen to. If I can enjoy a whole album all of the way through, then I can appreciate the artist behind it.

This album is not one of those albums.

The first major interference is the rap portion of the song Deathrace. If the rapping was decent, I may have not been so quick to judge, however, all you must know is that the lyric "Burger King" comes up. Burger King! Alright, that point has been made and needs no further explaining.

The second major interference is the lyric "hunter." I'm not exactly sure how many times the word comes up in the variety of songs, but it comes up too many times to go unnoticeable. Foul play.

The third major interference are these lyrics in the chorus of the song Dying Breed:

Humanity is always innovation

Improvement of a controlled and dominated creation

Our breed has been elected

To become social neglected

I listen to a lot of music that is not always understandable, and most of it I can enjoy without needing to know what is being said. These lyrics, however, stuck out like a piercing weapon with an intent only to murder. Deadlock, you may be from Germany, but if you are going to sing in English, then please check your grammar before finalizing a song! This song should absolutely be re-recorded because of this blunder. Humanity is always innovation? To become social neglected? This is elementary schoolwork here, without being corrected.

This should have gotten two stars, but a lot of the music is still good and still worthy of being listened to. The album, as an entirety, should definitely not be listened to. Bad flavor. And Wolves was so good. Pity.

Deadlock took two steps back with this one. I really like their sound, so I hope they make some wiser choices the next time around.

Sharkchild

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I don't know why, but almost everything on this album sounds like it has been done before, probably too much. They lyrics are nonsense. While true I may not fit in with the political agenda, I find the suggestions overt enough to ruin the music behind it.

Not to totally slam this album, there are some good guitar riffs, and the growling vocals more mostly pleasing to the ear (at least as far as this metalhead puts it). The female clean vocal harmonies are overbearing and seem to thin the music way too much. Her vocals are not astounding, but are not overly annoying either. They fit in, but they do not garner attention, which is exactly what melodic vocals in death metal are SUPPOSED to do.

The rap portion of 'Deathrace' was a complete 'WTF' moment. What were these guys thinking? I usually dislike rap, but this song almost ruined whatever sense of dignity this album had to begin with.

I downloaded this thing off the net and paid money for it, so I guess I'm stuck with it. However, you can bet your bottom dollar I won't be listenign to it all to often. The songs are mostly boring reproductions of someone else's creative genius. There isn't even anything on this album worthy of copying to the ol' iPod.

Deadlock needs to join another 'Deathrace'. I'll pass on any future albums. Manifesto gets an even 2.5/5