Martyr's Shrine

I like what I hear on the myspace site. I might order this.

ultmetal wrote:

OK. I've given this several spins over the past couple weeks. I disagree that this is the direction Mortification should have went. Frankly I think that Morty have far more personality than is heard here.

For the most part I find the songs on Martyrs Shrine to be overly long and lacking much to hold my interest. There isn't a guitar solo to be heard on the entire disc that I can remember. The riffs and the songwriting are simple, although this isn't necessarily a bad thing. The vocals sound like they have been electronically enhanced; perhaps a pitch shifter or something. I can't quite pick it out.

What's everyone else's thoughts?

The thing about Mick Carlisle is he isn't a guitar solo player he rarely ever played leads with the exeption of a few simple ones here and there.

troublezone wrote:

ultmetal wrote:

OK. I've given this several spins over the past couple weeks. I disagree that this is the direction Mortification should have went. Frankly I think that Morty have far more personality than is heard here.

For the most part I find the songs on Martyrs Shrine to be overly long and lacking much to hold my interest. There isn't a guitar solo to be heard on the entire disc that I can remember. The riffs and the songwriting are simple, although this isn't necessarily a bad thing. The vocals sound like they have been electronically enhanced; perhaps a pitch shifter or something. I can't quite pick it out.

What's everyone else's thoughts?

The thing about Mick Carlisle is he isn't a guitar solo player he rarely ever played leads with the exeption of a few simple ones here and there.

OK, then shorten the songs, or get a lead player, or something. There just isn't enough going on to keep the songs interesting for eight minutes, in my opinion.

The price for a typical metal CD in a shop here (Australia) is about $28-$30. Thats why US mailorders have probably found an increase in Australian customers.

The US dollar is to blame.

ArmouredAngel wrote:

The price for a typical metal CD in a shop here (Australia) is about $28-$30. Thats why US mailorders have probably found an increase in Australian customers.

The US dollar is to blame.

Is there any used cd stores in Australia? That might be the way to go.

I just ordered this with some of my eBay spoils. I'm looking forward to hearing it. If mc666 gives it a thumbs up, it can't be half bad.

I like this one a lot. It's one of the few Death Metal albums I find to be a keeper.