Implode
I of Everything

This Swedish band has a rather implosive name, and with this I of Everything album they are releasing their second album. One that has been preceded by four digital EPs those are the four chapters that make up the story of this album. It is an album with a very exciting looking cover artwork, one mad by an apparently extremely talented artist – the digital EPs have covers like this album and pieced together they make up the cover of this album. There is always a risk that such great covers are better than the recordings contained within them, but there is of course no guarantee that these guys falls into that trap.

They do make melodic death metal but with many different influences and a strong emphasis on melody while still keeping a very raw and heavy vocals style as well as. Good energy and a fresh rawness contrast the very melodic undertones of the album, it is both very melodic and heavy. The production is very strong; I really like the soundscape and the story they tell with this album. It might however be something of a problem with the targeted audience, who is the album for? It may be too melodic for the death metal puritans and it may be too heavy or raw for those who like the more traditional way to make melodic death metal. It has a decent variation over the thirteen tracks and it plays for 48 minutes, I also must add that I really like the vocals on this album and I generally do not care much for death metal style vocals.

I think that this is a great album; it’s implosive. It is melody and rawness in perfect harmony, it is a very interesting and exciting album, it has depth and you feel like you are exploring your part in the great everything and that is really cool. It almost sounds as good as it looks and that isn’t too bad either. Yeah, I think I have to recommend this album, it is clearly well worth looking a bit closer at for anyone who likes his/her death metal. I actually think that I of Everything is amongst the best albums I have heard in the melodic death metal genre, and I have heard quite many albums in that genre.

I think that all the tracks on the album are very solid and none really stand out from the rest, they are all good and the album is very dynamic in style and sound. I don’t see any real weaknesses, other than the genre doubt and maybe that the playing time is a little bit on the long side but that is also a little bit of niticking and isn’t really of any major concern to anyone who listens. In the end there isn’t that much more to say really, I of Everything is a great melodic death metal album – I have really enjoyed listening to it and can recommend that you do the same, it will be worth it and even if you don’t like it you have a great looking cover artwork to enjoy.

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