Comments on: Black Dahlia Murder, The – Deflorate

By: Old Pick Axe

Old Pick Axe — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 02:36:42 +0000

I’m really liking what I’ve heard of this album. I’ve ordered it and will have it shortly.

By: Demigod

Demigod — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 14:41:38 +0000

anyone that sais john k has more melody or feel than Knight in his solos is an idiot. John k played the same scale over and over in ever song and had no vibrato what so ever.

By: Desperado

Desperado — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 09:16:37 +0000

You have my sympathies Erik.Every time a big band gets an album reviews all the fans step out of the woodwork,and there is no pleasing them.I concur on the metalcore sound,and I hear plenty of ATG’s in even the new album.No biggie,its not all over the place,but its definitely there.And really,without that foundation,there wouldn’t be much of this breed of beast.

I have the cd,but it has yet to grab me,but I’ve never been a major fan.Knight has some nice moments.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 20:14:26 +0000

point noted, Erik. and yeah, Unhallowed was total At the Gates worship.

By: Erik Thomas

Erik Thomas — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 16:21:32 +0000

Im glad to see such varied feedback on thsi review and album. I still feel Nocturnal is stronger and better, though this may grow on me. while metalcore may be a reach, i meant it as more of a reference to the bands own aped sound, thats seems driven more for commercial black metal for hot topic kids rather than actual ‘metalcore’. I dunno, maybe i was drunk when i wrote the review.

Unhallowed was pure At the Gates worship I thought.

By: Jake

Jake — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 15:13:47 +0000

The addition of Ryan Knight is a HUGE step for the band. Kempainen was a great player, but seemed to be stuck doing the same solo. Knight’s performance on here keeps me more engaged and interested than I have been in the past. Great album. Also, I have never agreed with the At The Gates worship thing. Not even close to one another.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:31:11 +0000

Their first album sounded like At the Gates, but they’ve departed further and further ever since. And god fucking damnit it pisses me off that this would be referred to as metalcore. There is zero “mosh” or any sort of core breakdowns. And Knight shreds the shit out any other lead this band has ever had. This band always had the chops and now they finally have the leads to back it up. Possibly their best effort. I really liked Nocturnal, but now with Knight adding all these leads, this may top it. I can’t even hardly listen to Unhallowed and Miasma anymore. Why bother, when I could listen to this and Nocturnal instead.

By: krustster

krustster — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 02:57:53 +0000

not only that but what’s with all the ATG comparisons? Last I checked, At the Gates sounded nothing like this. Everyone is always “BLACK DAHLIA = ATG WORSHIP” but they’re really not that similar at all, other than that they can both be called melodic death metal.

I agree with faust666

By: krustster

krustster — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 02:56:30 +0000

Lol I can’t believe you referred to this as metalcore. Come on now. Also I personally am liking this one better than Nocturnal, so far.

By: faust666

faust666 — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 17:06:05 +0000

while not as immediate as Nocturnal, Deflorate is yet another completely “non -core” and kickass death metal release from TBDM. The sheer brutality and denseness of this band is amazing. I agree with what Staylow and Sandwiches said.
I also find people who say that they’ll stick to bands like Carcass, At The Gates etc rather foolish. I’m glad you enjoy the albums released over a decade ago(so do I) but benchmarking everything against it reeks of obsolescence.

By: Carlo Dela Cruz

Carlo Dela Cruz — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 02:03:43 +0000

The production just sounds weird.

By: SerenityInFire

SerenityInFire — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 16:49:45 +0000

I thought about buying one of their albums and then remembered that I already own Slaughter of the Soul.

By: Sandwiches

Sandwiches — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 23:02:56 +0000

I’m pretty goddamn tired of this band being referred to as core in any way. IMO this is their best album by far. It has some of the most varied songs out of any of their previous releases and Ryan knight shreds all over this shit. John k can’t hold a candle to this guy. All of johns solos sounded exactly the same anyway. I know what a minor scale sounds like when you play it really fast, so I don’t really need to hear it all over three albums (unhallowed, miasma, nocturnal). Every new album has been a step up for these guys, but I’ll take deflorate over their entire catalog.

By: Staylow

Staylow — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:56:55 +0000

Love this album! Just as much as Nocturnal. I think this one sounds heavier, meaner, less core-ish and less melodic than it’s predecessors. Also, while John was definitely a top notch player, I think Ryan brings a little more to the fold, especially with those solos – yowza!

By: AARONIUS

AARONIUS — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:27:08 +0000

This band seems to be the very definition of trying too hard.

I read an interview where they were talking about how they practiced with a metronome and tried to play as fast as they could etc.

Great, but anybody can play fast, the hard part is writing a song that someone can remember when it’s over.

That’s my problem with 99.9% of the bands that are out there today. Everyone is trying to outdo each other and the music suffers because of it.

I’ll stick with my Heartwork album thank you very much.

By: chris s.

chris s. — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:14:44 +0000

i have not heard this yet, but i think i will give it a try BUT c’mon, look at the sweet cover art, haha, back to the ’80s….. Love it.