Perfection in Pain

Their first full length was released more than four years ago and in 2002 Corporation 187 we're back with a new album. Hailing from Sweden, the (ONCE) homeland of the best melodic death metal bands, Corporation 187 don't play the usual melodic death metal stuff. They play more a mixture of thrash and a bit of melodic death metal and they are good at what they do.

Maybe a little unoriginal, but still fast and uncompromising thrash metal combined with lots of nice melodies and some sludgy breaks. Sometimes they remind me of the almighty At The Gates especially the fast parts but these five Swedish guys add more breakdowns and slower parts to the songs.

This shit kicks ass, especially the fast parts, they are a brutal punch in your face and the razor-sharp guitar riffs seem to cut your veins. The title song "Perfection In Pain" has some speedy passages but mostly they thrash through the song with recurring guitar riffs, in the middle of the song they slow it down with some harmonic melodies just to immediately start their thrashfest all over again.

That's what is awesome about this band and the whole album contains that musical line. As you can imagine the singer is screaming and shouting his lungs out, without any harmonic singing, no "pansy" vocals here!

They have a not so unique sound and you can compare them with bands like The Haunted or Carnal Forge. "Perfection In Pain" should not go unheard!