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Artist: Impious
Title: The Killer
Format: CD
Label: Martyr Music Group (former Hammerheart)
Genre: Death Metal, Thrash / Speed Metal

Still underrated amidst the overcrowded Euro-death scene, this five piece expands their sonic canvass to incorporate interesting and exciting ideas while staying so impossibly HEAVY. (2003)
TRACKLIST
Intro 1:32
Burn The Cross 3:25
Dead Eyes Open 3:43
Caught In Flesh 4:14
The Deadsquad 3:27
Sick Sex Six 4:10
The Hitman 4:48
Kill For Glory 3:19
Stabbed 69 Times 4:41
Needles Of Sin 4:43
Digital Devil 2:35

IMPIOUS can be best categorized as a combination of Death Metal and Thrash Metal. It's not so much that every song has a bit of both, it's more that every song is different from each other, the one more Thrash Metal, the other more Death Metal. For instance, opener "Burn The Cross" reminds me of the Death Metal type that KATAKLYSM plays (something I can find back on other tracks as well), while tracks like "Dead Eyes Open" and "The Deathsquad" are more Death/Thrash hybrids, and "Caught In Flesh" is pure Thrash Metal.

On top of that IMPIOUS also adds a dose of acoustic riffs, like in the intro and a track like "Deathsquad". The vocals are pretty much the typical growls you can find in Melodic Death Metal, and it suits the music fine. The most extraordinary tracks for me on the well-produced "The Killer" are "Burn the Cross", with some very good grooving riffs, "Caught In Flesh" with a very headbang-worthy passage, "Kill For Glory" with a very strong opening and the pulverising closer "Digital Devil".

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The first time I heard this band was on a Sepultura cover cd and they covered Inner Self. I thought they were pretty good, so I decided to check them out and sooner or later, led to me getting this cd. I'm glad I did.

The cd opens with an intro, which generally I'm not a fan of, but its ok, since its a build up for the Burn the Cross. This track is a mix between death metal & thrash. Not quite like Dew-Scented, who are more thrash than death, this is more death, but still thrashy. This is a fast paced song, but I'm not all that fond of the chorus, where the words are echoed in the background, burn the cross (cross cross cross cross). Dead Eyes Open kicks your ass next and there is traces of some The Crown in here. Its highlighted by fast drumming & some decent guitarwork.

Skipping ahead a few tracks, we come up to song 6, Sick Sex Six, which is a more clever title than blatantly calling it 666. Its a slowed down song, which is a first so far on this cd. It even has piano at one part, before there is a guitar solo, which is held to a slower speed, so it doesn't throw the song off balance. Soon after this though, the band goes back to the fast songs, with The Hitman. I can see bits & pieces of other Swedish bands in this song, though its still an ok song. Again, the pace slows down for the solo, so its not just all a big speed drill & blasting, but the speed does come back after the solo.

Overall, this is a great cd and its got some great headbanging moments. Its somewhat similar to The Haunted, but I prefer it much more over the haunted. Traces of other Swedish bands show up over the cd, but not in a sense where it seems like they are ripping them off or anything. The guitars are great, with some cool riffs & solos. The drumming is wicked. The vocals are sort of death/yelling, but not that tedious like Carnal Forge. This cd is worth it if you like bands like The Crown, The Haunted etc.