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Unborn

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Not too much originality here as far as melodic death goes, but the music is far superior to many melodic death bands out there. If you are looking for a good melodic death band, Mors Principium Est is it. Their music, as I would describe it, sounds epic simply because of the fact that they have a keyboardist and songs that do not have a repetitive formula. Their songs are both interpretive and heavy, as well as catchy. Heck, in Unborn they even have a female singer doing some singing. What more could you ask for? Melodic death metal has really evolved from being very thrashy and fast (At the Gates, old Soilwork) to something that shows plenty of beauty. Get this.

When I first listened to MORS PRINCIPIUM EST I recognized several styles mixed, as well as some bands they can name as influences...MORS PRINCIPIUM EST (MPE from now on) plays some kind of death melodic metal, combined with keyborads in an industrial metal atmosphere with diferent tempos and speed changes...

MPE has the speed, the tempos of bands such as At The Gates, Carnal Forge or Dimension Zero, the melodies and blazing riffs of swedish outfits such as At The Gates, Darkane or Soilwork, mixed together with industrial touches more proper of Strapping Young Lad...The keyboards create an apocalyptic atmosphere, giving MPE's approach a more progressive touch, with riffs that climb to higher levels with higher tones resulting not only in an original recipe, but loaded with emotions as well...
The singer remains me to HATESPHERE's Jacob Bredahl and DIMMU BORGIR'S Shagrath, with a more gutural style...
You'll find brutal and short songs such as "Altered State Of Consciosness" or "Unborn", and longer songs like "Pure"... Pesonally I prefer the short songs, because in the longest ones the bands tends to repeat them selves pointlessly...

In this album the industrial influences are more obvious, both in sound and music, setting a difference from their previous album "Inhumanity", which I recommend without a doubt...But in "UNBORN", MPE really made something "different" in the metal scene...As a bonus track you have "Blood oF Heroes", a MEGADETH Cover...

Anyway, In the metal desert of monotony and mediocrity, MPE managed to be an oasis with an original proposal that deserves not to remain in the unknown...

I try to explore as much death metal as I can, but I'm of the opinion that there are a few talented acts in swimming in an ocean of talentless wreckage.

This CD caught me from the first measure and kept on delivering beautiful instrumentation for almost an entire album.

Given that the vocals are throat-style, they could be stronger, but the singer does deliver a clarity that is often lost for the sake of effect.

The guitars are almost always consistently brilliant. The solos can get a little out of hand, but there can be no complaint concerning their execution. The keyboards are elegant. The drumming is really beautiful as well. I think the drumming is creative for the genre. I like the electronic percussion as well. The bass serves its purpose, but does not stand out in any particular way to me. There may be other opinions concerning the bass so do not take my opinion as fact.

Every song on the album except for one seems extremely well thought out. The song I dislike is "Blood Of Heroes" which seems extremely run of the mill compared to the others.

I still give the albums five stars because I find all of the other tracks to be of superlative quality.