Album Review: DED – “Mis•an•thrope” (Suretone)
DED’s Mis•an•thrope
is the record that nu-metal forgot; a powerful piece of throwback metal that’s
every bit of Dope’s Life, Twisted
Method’s Escape From Cape Coma and Korn’s
Issues, or their more modern counterparts,
My Ticket Home’s Strangers Only and
Cane Hill’s Smile. From frontman Joe
Cotela’s simple instructions of ‘when I say go, go psycho’ on uncompromising opener
“Architect,” Mis•an•thrope is a
towering inferno; 11 tracks of volcanic hot fire spewing forth with sheer
venomous rage (“Anti-Everything” is a resounding rallying cry for the
despondent and downtrodden (‘You won't take me alive / I'd rather die than live
in this prison / I am anti-everything’), tracks like “Dead To Me” and “FMFY,” lost
tracks from Slipknot’s self-titled debut in another life, just want to watch
the world burn (‘So fuck me and fuck you too / The world should start over new
/ Bring out the guillotine / Save all the sympathy,’ Cotela screams off the top
of “FMFY”), the accessible “Remember the Enemy” plays like an impactful single
lying in wait, standout “Disassociate” is a stunning display of aggression, “Rope”
is a manifesto for the lovelorn (‘I'm done choking on your mediocrity / A
fucking ton of this empty vanity / I'm putting my foot down’)). And in classic
nu-metal fashion, DED ties a bow on Mis•an•thrope
by tugging on the old heartstrings with closing ballad “Beautiful” (see Lifer’s
“Perfect,” Disturbed’s “Darkness,” Stereomud’s “Perfect Self,” and so on and so
forth). Come year’s end, if Mis-An-Thrope
isn’t 2017’s top metal release, it should end up at 1a or 1b.
Go Download: “Disassociate”
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