This Malevolent Creation side project explores more
of a grindcore vein, while still remaining firmly rooted in the death
metal world. The Only Law is Survival will be welcomed by those
who like to be hit hard over the head by their music: the material is
pummeling and fast.
What it's not, is varied. Some of the songs do stand
out to some degree, but chances are you're not going to put it in your
player after several listens and cut right to track 7, for example.
Certainly the musicianship cannot be reproached. This
holds especially true for the drumming of Dave Culross, the long-time
death metal drum god. I'm surprised Seiko hasn't sponsored him yet, cause
you can set time to this guy. In fact, he's so perfect, that sometimes
I wonder if it's too perfect, as his style begins to sound very cold and
mechanical.
This Hateplow album is a good one, as long as you
don't pay too much attention to the extreme lowbrow lyrics and don't mind
little variety in the songs.
