Metal Blade
2008
Inevitable Collapse In The Presence Of Conviction
About This Album
Inevitable Collapse in the Presence of Conviction is Soilent Green's fifth studio album, following relatively quickly (by their standards) on the heels of 2005's Confrontation. Like Confrontation, Collapse was produced by Hate Eternal's Erik Rutan, and the overall sound of the album -- very loud and clear, yet not overly slick or artificial-sounding like so many current death metal albums -- is very similar to its predecessor. This is also their first album recorded as a quartet, with Brian Patton handling all the guitar work this time around, but the basic sound is very much a continuation of their previous work. That means that fans (and non-fans, for that matter) can expect the same mashed-up blend of grindcore, hardcore, death metal, doom metal, and just about every other extreme metal subgenre, together with the group's trademark Southern blues-rock accents. Even so, the details remain as unpredictable as ever, as their songs continue to careen through a dozen or so different parts each, meaning that this album -- like all of their albums -- takes some time to digest. The album starts strong with opener "Mental Acupuncture," which begins with a towering, doom-laden opening riff before veering into a catchy grindcore riff (and umpteen other places from there).
Track List (try tracks 1,2,4,6,8,9,10 and 11)

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