DEADLOCK – Bizarro World
- by Matt Coe
- Posted on 16-01-2011
Label:
Lifeforce Records
Rating:
3.5 / 6
German melodic death metal sextet who employ dual male/female vocals, accessible choruses and keyboard/ computer effects galore – almost to the detriment of their style. "Bizarro World" may be their fifth full length, but it appears to these ears there’s a little too much soothing symphonic ease mellowing out Johnannes Prem’s death roar and the fine distortion attack from guitarists Sebastian Reichl and Gert Rymen. “Earthlings” and “Brutal Romance” are the only tracks that rose above the flat line haze.
Who knows, indiscriminate Soilwork followers probably worship Deadlock more than most – this album left me dizzy and unenthused.