Congregation of Annihilation

METAL CHURCH / / CD /

新ヴォーカルを迎え、USメタルの攻撃性を正面から再起動。

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Track List

  1. Another Judgement Day
  2. Congregation of Annihilation
  3. Pick a God and Prey
  4. Children of the Lie
  5. Me the Nothing
  6. Making Monsters
  7. Say a Prayer with 7 Bullets
  8. These Violent Thrills
  9. All That We Destroy
  10. My Favorite Sin (Bonus Track)
  11. Salvation (Bonus Track)

Liner Notes

Japanese

『Congregation of Annihilation』は、新たなヴォーカリストを迎えたMETAL CHURCHが、USメタルの攻撃性を正面から鳴らし直した作品だ。長い歴史の中で幾度もヴォーカリストの交代を経験してきたバンドにとって、新たな声を核へ据え直した本作は、その伝統を改めて力強く更新するものだ。鋭く刻まれるリフ、前のめりに走るドラム、怒気を帯びたヴォーカルが曲ごとに強い緊張を生み、過去の様式を守りながらも、音の輪郭は十分に現代的に磨き上げられている。カート・ヴァンダーフーフを中心とするバンドの核は揺るがない。 “Another Judgement Day”“Congregation of Annihilation”“Pick a God and Prey”“Say a Prayer with 7 Bullets”といった楽曲では、重いミドル・テンポで圧力を、速い曲ではスラッシュ的な切れ味を前へ押し出す。“Children of the Lie”“Making Monsters”“These Violent Thrills”“All That We Destroy”といった楽曲でも、攻撃性と構築性が高い次元で両立している。重要なのは、ヴォーカルの交代を特別な演出にせず、あくまでバンドの推進力として機能させている点だ。長い歴史を背負いながら次の章を切り開こうとする、強い意志のこもった一撃である。

English

Congregation of Annihilation is an album on which METAL CHURCH, welcoming a new vocalist, plays the aggression of US metal head-on once more. For a band that has weathered many vocalist changes across a long history, setting a new voice at its core here is a strong renewal of that tradition. Sharply chiseled riffs, forward-leaning drums and anger-tinged vocals create strong tension song by song, and while the old style is kept, the sonic outline is refined to feel fully modern. The band’s core around Kurt Vanderhoof holds firm. On “Another Judgement Day,” “Congregation of Annihilation,” “Pick a God and Prey” and “Say a Prayer with 7 Bullets,” heavy mid-tempos push pressure to the front while the faster songs push a thrash-like edge. On “Children of the Lie,” “Making Monsters,” “These Violent Thrills” and “All That We Destroy” too, aggression and construction coexist at a high level. What matters is that the change of vocalist is treated not as special staging but as pure forward drive for the band. Carrying a long history while opening the next chapter, it is a strong-willed strike.

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