In for the Kill

This album, without a doubt, is one of the most insane and bizarre albums I have ever heard. Just when you think Holland had pushed the boundaries of brutality for death metal, bands like Inhume just poop out of nowhere. Well, I shouldn’t say “bands like Inhume” exactly because this band is just in a whole new different level of brutality and originality. Genuinely speaking, I don’t even know of any band in the world that can top Inhume’s headbanging brutality as seen in ‘In For The Kill’. This album is officially one of the most insane albums out there for many reasons…

Can you imagine the stamina required to play this music of this high of caliber? I challenge you to think about that for a minute after you’re done listening to the entire album.

Again, I want to emphasize how relentless this album is – not one (and I mean not ONE) track will give your ears a break. They do not drop ANY beat, riff, scream, or blast beat whatsoever until the last seconds to the last song, ‘Retreat From Morality’. Not to say the drums are 100% blast beats, but it’s really up there with bands such as Belef and Hate Eternal. Plus, anyone knows how competent drummer Eric is. He has drummed for high caliber bands such as the mighty Deströyer 666, Severe Torture and Prostitute Disfigurement. What more needs to be said? Thus this album is also an absolute fucking bludgeon worth of riffing from beginning to end! The relentlessness of this album will have you on your knees, as if your balls were to be getting squashed, and you would be gasping for air. Some of the tracks have a sense of grindcore, or should I say… most of them. The pounding and audible bass guitar lines done by Loek Peeters are undeniably heavy, giving the production atmosphere a very grind-ish touch. You will be headbanging your head with a mix that appears to be brutal death metal (like, seriously brutal), with that touch of grind that brings out a lot of punk-ish and enjoyable moments, guaranteed.

The audio quality is surprisingly very good, and it even sounds better than a lot of the mainstream stuff! Everything is arranged perfectly, and I’m really surprised at how this album turned out to be (for my taste almost flawless). I seriously wonder if other record studios have the right equipment to make Inhume’s stuff sound the way it’s done in ‘In For The Kill’. Every instrument is just so goddamn loud, I just almost run out of words to really describe the satisfaction that Inhume brings to the table.

The vocals are officially my favorite type of screams/gutturals of all times, period. Yeah, they are really that brutal and disgusting – Inhume has two vocalists: Dorus Van Ooij & death metal/grind God Joost Silvrants. Both vocalist have disgustingly yet overwhelming gutturals and grunts that I’ve never heard before. Vocalist Joost Silvrants takes the full credits though; I don’t think no one can do it the way Joost does it. Seriously, you can forget about Dani Filth having the most “high-pitched vocals” ever, because Joost goes even higher than Dani Filth. And the gutturals… MY GOD… the gutturals are so fucking deep and monstrous. Matti, ex vocalist for the band Disgorge can’t go this deep, not even Robbe Kok! (even though I hate to compare Robbe’s vocals to anyones since Disavowed slays in my opinion).

The lyrics are also offensive and disturbing to normal people. Inhume deals with a lot of society fuckups, and there are plenty of violent themes to be found on ‘In For The Kill’. But hell, I don’t even understand how bands from this country can be so full of anger and aggressiveness. Holland is not even big, and it is considerably one of the smallest countries in the world. Not to mention how calm the people seem to be; Holland is usually a calm and peaceful country, but for some reason they seem have one of the most hateful black metal acts in the world, and their death metal scene doesn’t compare to anyone’s (as far as brutality goes).

And did I mention how brutal and devastating this album was when I first heard it? I almost didn’t like it because of the relentlessness of the music itself, that’s how brutal it was. For me to say that this band was almost too brutal for my taste… that says A LOT. My taste has changed a lot prior to the last 3 years, and this album is a true masterpiece for me. Though the band and album is not for everyone out there, Inhume is a band that’s so brutal that you really have to require a taste to really appreciate this talented dual of skull pounding guitars, machinegun-like drums, and insane/bizarre vocals that would give little children nightmares (literally).