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MP3 My Own Grave - Unleash - Extended & Remastered

Extended release which also features My Own Grave''s last demo-CD "Progression Through Deterioration" from 2004 and covers on Slayer''s "War Ensemble" and Krabathor''s "Orthodox". The entire release has been remastered by legend Dan Swanö.

19 MP3 Songs in this album (55:21) !
Related styles: Metal/Punk: Death Metal, Metal/Punk: Scandinavian Metal, Featuring Guitar

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Details:
Unleash is MY OWN GRAVE''s debut album and was originally released in 2006 by Karmageddon Media.
When MY OWN GRAVE signed with Pulverised Records later in 2006, since Karmageddon Media had gone out of business, it was agreed that Pulverised Records would issue a re-release of Unleash. This re-release was delayed because MY OWN GRAVE wanted to improve the release and not just re-issue the original.

This version of Unleash has clearer and fatter sound than the original and all the tracks, including the cover songs and the demo songs, have been remastered by legend Dan Swanö at Studio Unisound (Örebro). Apart from the original Unleash tracklist, this release also features cover songs on two of the band''s favorite songs; War Ensemble by Slayer and Orthodox by Krabathor.

The last song of the record; Alcoholocaust, was excluded from the original Unleash album and is exlusive for this release.
Alcoholocaust is a more straight-forward song with hardcore vibes and is a hymn to metalheads worldwide, and the art of drinking beer, moshing, and headbanging your brains out. The song features seven singers whome, apart from Anders Härén and Mikael "Aron" Aronsson of MY OWN GRAVE, are: Infaustus of SETHERIAL, Fredrik Söderberg of SOREPTION, Johnny Pettersson of SYN:DROM, Klas of HECTORITE, and Marcus Madsen of DISCONNECTED.

Biography:
MY OWN GRAVE was founded in April 2001 in Timrå by Anders Härén, Max Bergman and John Henriksson.
They released four self-produced demos before signing with Karmageddon Media (DISMEMBER) in 2004.
The debut album "Unleash" was recorded in Studio Necromorbus (WATAIN, MÖRK GRYNING) and engineered by Widda (DEMONICAL, DIABOLICAL). Unleash featured a death/thrash sound with black metal influences and was released in 2006.

The same year Karmageddon Media went out of business and MY OWN GRAVE recorded the mini-album "Unholy" and signed a deal with Pulverised Records (AMON AMARTH, KRISIUN, DISSECTION) and went on a European tour supporting black metal legends SETHERIAL. Unholy which was released in April 2007, featured a different style as MY OWN GRAVE had evolved towards pure death metal. It is also darker than its precursor, both musically and lyrically as the whole album mocks the hypocrisy of organized religion. MY OWN GRAVE did some touring in the spring of 2007, both supporting GOD AMONG INSECTS and VITAL REMAINS, before starting to writing for "Necrology".

Necrology was released by Pulverised Records in July 2009 and was critically appraised. Counting close to 60 reviews spanning 15 countries, it still holds an average grade of 8 out of 10! In the winter of 2010 MY OWN GRAVE teamed up with DEATHBOUND to support DEMONICAL on a European Tour. Around that time, the Extended & Remastered version of "Unleash" was finally released by Pulverised Records.

Reviews:
Audio Autopsy at https://www.tradebit.com
Grade: 6.8 / 10

Lord K: A huge f***n suprise this one. At times black metallish, more often thrashy, all of the time f***n good. Another gem in the myriad of Swedish bands. My Own Grave deserves your f***n attention like a free hooker on Reperbahn. Now if I could only get the interview back that I sent the f***n idiots a month ago. Bastards. 8

Ripper Bendix: Yes! Unleash! Play! The! CD! S’good! Yes! Really! Next to Grave and Thy Disease the only album from this AA I’ll play more than once. 8

Rafal: Now we are talking, yeah. Ultra-fine thrash/death metal surrounded by a thick and juicy production. The songs are short but in-your-face. Groove and catchiness all over the place here. Cool stuff to kill people to. 8

Desert Eagle: These bros got the riffs, or should I say A riff. Since it’s all pretty similar I’d say that they just milked one good riff for twelve songs. Any other riffs they stole from At the Gates, just like everyone else. 7

Syrrok: My Own Grave gives you the first album in the line of many future albums that you won’t care much about. Excitement-o-meter around. 4

The Abyss: I hear traces of Bolt Thrower, Dismember, old Dark Tranquillity (mostly the guitar-riffs) and Necrophobic. I hear sh**t I dig. 6

Review on https://www.tradebit.com
Written by: Deathrasher
Grade: 3.5 / 5

Positives
+ Excellent musicianship in every aspect, like sound and performance
+ Great vocal performance (especially the growls)
+ Great song lengths
+ Very energetic and somewhat refreshing material

Negatives
- The screaming will get tedious if you listen to the album too much
- The album is slightly repetitive
- A small minus for a lousy album cover
- The band is just above the generic level

Recommended Tracks
-- From The Ashes
-- Theme From The Dead
-- Where Carnage Reigns
-- Sheltered By Inferno

Will the creativity and innovation of the human mind stop somewhere in a near future? I have been thinking, will there always been bands that have a original sound of their own or will there always be these so-called clones or rip-offs? I recently discovered a band thanks to a radio program and every time I listen to them I hear at least three other bands that sounds similar to these guys. The bands I’m thinking of are Torchbearer, Dark Tranquillity and De Lirium’s Order. My Own Grave is the name of this fairly new band that has entered the Swedish metal scene. They play a vicious and intense style of melodic death/thrash with small hints of black metal. With one album (Unleash) and an EP (Unholy) they are slowly moving forward in a possible metal future. But does this band add something new to the metal scene?

Their debut album Unleash shows that these guys have potential even though that most of the crew members have never played in other bands. Since this is melodic death/thrash you can’t expect any fancy song writing or song variety. Most tracks are pretty intense and aggressive but a large amount of melody increases the chance of liking the songs though. Their music could be compared to other Swedish bands that also play extreme melodic metal. Torchbearer and Dark Tranquillity would be two good examples. Take the black and thrash metal ingredients from Torchbearer and mix it with the death metal melodies from Dark Tranquillity. This is the best way that I can describe My Own Grave’s music.

There are still lots of good stuff in this album even though that My Own Grave might sound like a generic band. First of all, they possess great guitarists and a great singer (or screamer/growler). Most of the guitar work is very intriguing because of the excellent use of different riff patterns from three different metal genres. We have the chugging, rhythmic and catchy riffs from thrash. There is fast picked yet heavy and dark ‘’death riffs’’, and at last there are eerie and skilfully played tremolo picking patterns. The singer really highlights the album with sharp and loud screams that are also combined with deep yet high-pitched growls. This album is also very easy to enjoy because most tracks are around 2:30 minutes, this makes the songs very easy to digest and you will remember the tracks quite fast as well.

The flaws in this album are few but there are at least two things that bother me. The first thing would be the screams, or even the whole vocal performance. The vocals are not horribly performed but the screams seem to slightly fade because of the instruments, the growls still manages to force their way through the wall of sound but the screams fails a bit. But, if you listen to this album for a long period of time you will probably get tired of all the screaming, the best way to enjoy this album is to listen to it a little now and then. But if you like directly from the start then please listen to it as much as you want. The second thing would be the tracks themselves because there are few standouts. All the tracks stay within the area of being really good but not extremely good so to say. A typical track from this album starts with a very intense intro and near the end the pace is lowered and the instruments get more rhythmic and catchy. I like the tracks very much though, but people who want lots of variety/diversity might get a bit disappointed by this album.

And so to the main question. Is it worth to check out these guys? Of course! If you like melodic extreme metal (especially metal from Scandinavia) you will definitely like My Own Grave. This album has lots of energy, heaviness, aggression, brutality and melody. Fans of Dark Tranquillity, Torchbearer and De Lirium’s Order should check this out. And you who like melodic death metal and death/thrash should also give My Own Grave a chance.

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