▄█████▄ ░█████▄ ▄████▄░█▄ ░█▄ ▄█████▄ ███▄██ ▄██ ▄█▄ ▄██████ ▄█▄ ▄███ ░████░██▀████▓ ▀██ ▄██░▀█████ ████ ███▓ ██████▓██ ▓███████ ███▓░▀█▀████ ███▓ ███▓ ▓███░ ██ ██▄ ▄██▓██ ▓███▓██░ ▓███░███░███████████▄ ███░███░ ███░ ▄███ ███ ▄█▀░ ████████░██ █████████▄ ▓██░███ ███▓█████████ ███████ ███ ███░ ███████ ███▓ ░██ ██ ██████▓ ░██ ▀██ ███░███▓██████ ███▓███ ███ ███ ████████░███░ ███ ██▄ ██▓███░ ██▄ ██░██▓ ███ ▀▀████ ███░███ ███ ███ ███▓░███████░ ███ ███▓██ ███ ███▓██▓██░ ███ ▓████ ███ ███ ▓██▓ ███ ███░ ▓██████ ███ ▓████ ▓██▄ ▓████████ ███ ▓███ ███ ███ ███░███ ███ ░██████ ███ ░████ ░███ ███▓███▓ ███ ░███ ███ ███ ██▓███ ███ ███▓██ ███ ███ ▓██▄ ███░███░ ███ ███ ███ ███ ░█████ ███ ██▓░██▄ ███ ▓█▀ ▓██▄ ███ ██░ ███ ██▓ ███ ███ ░███▀ ░█▀ ██░ ██ ░█▀ ░███▄ ▀ ▀ ▓█▀ ███░ ░█▀ ██▀ ██░ ▄██▀ ░█▄ ▄███▀ ░██ ░ ██ ▓░ ▓░ ██░ ▓█░ ░█▀ ▀█░ ░█▓ ░ ██ ██ Artist: Mortillery ██ ██ ▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Shapeshifter █■ ░░█ ■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2016 █ ▀▓█ ░ █ ▓ Rel. Date: 2017-03-02 ▓ █ ▒ ▒ Genre: Thrash Metal ▒ ▒ █▄ ░ Label: Napalm Records ░ ▄█ ░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█ ░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░ ▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓ ▓ █ █ ░ ▓ ▄ ■ ■ ▓ ■ ░█ █░ ▀ █ A good old thrash album has the potential to pump █ █ you up and make you want to break stuff, and █ █ despite the new wave of prog metal fandom, thrash █ █ is still alive and kicking. Now, the modern era of █ █ thrash is spearheaded by American artists like █ █ Warbringer, Havok, and Revocation. You may not █ █ expect Canada, the æPromised LandÆ for every █ █ technical death metal fan, to spawn a kickass █ █ thrash act worthy of following AnnihilatorÆs and █ █ VoivodÆs footsteps. However, Mortillery is here to █ █ prove you wrong. █ █ █ █ With a smashing new album, æShapeshifterÆ, set for █ █ release, this female-fronted band from Edmonton, █ █ Canada pushes all the right buttons when it comes █ █ to intense, adrenaline-inducing thrash. The █ █ high-pitched vocals are an added bonus, and are █ █ somewhat in the vein of space-thrash act Vektor or █ █ even OverKill. Cara McCutchen morphs into a █ █ banshee and delivers memorable, angry screams that █ █ take MortilleryÆs sound to the next level. █ █ █ █ Backed by the band, comprising Alex Gutierrez █ █ (guitars, vocals), Miranda Wolfe (bass), Kevin █ █ Gaudet (drums) and Kent Quinlan (guitar, vocals), █ █ McCutchen puts out a performance worthy of placing █ █ her amongst the top frontwomen in metal. Right █ █ from the start, with the song ôRadiation █ █ Sicknessö, and all the way up to the final, title █ █ track ôShapeshifterö, the group does not relent in █ █ their modern thrash outing. █ █ █ █ Whether itÆs the impressive sustained screams and █ █ blast beats over tremolo picking in ôMantisö, or █ █ the intricately melodious ôWendigoö, the band is █ █ at the top of their game. Another example is ôAt █ █ the Gatesö, a track which is perhaps a nod in █ █ favour of the Swedish melodic death metal veterans █ █ of the same name. Featuring multi-layered vocals, █ █ a ripping solo, metric modulation and other █ █ technical details that get lost under the barrage █ █ of thrash, this track and ôTortureö make for a █ █ great way to approach the finale. As the closing █ █ track changes from clean singing and a █ █ triplet-based trot to a straightforward groove, █ █ Mortillery conclude the album with momentum. █ █ █ █ MortilleryÆs æShapeshifterÆ is, arguably, one of █ █ the standout thrash albums to be released this █ █ year. While the Canadian band isnÆt exactly █ █ reinventing the wheel here, all the standard █ █ thrash tropes feature in what will surely be a █ █ well-received album among fans of the genre. █ █ █ █ http://www.mortillery.com/ █ ▓ ▓ ▒ ▒ ░ 1. Radiation Sickness 5:13 ░ ░ 2. Age of Stone 4:47 ░ ░ 3. Bullet 4:02 ░ ░ 4. Mantis 4:03 ░ ░ 5. Black Friday 3:58 ░ ░ 6. Wendigo 5:10 ░ ░ 7. At the Gates 4:19 ░ ░ 8. Torture 4:18 ░ ░ 9. Shapeshifter 5:37 ░ ░ 10. Patient Zero 1:38 ░ ░ 11. Neckbreaker 4:06 ░ ░ 12. Shine (Mot÷rhead cover) 2:57 ░ ░ 50:08 ░ ░ ▒ ▒ ▓ █ ░ ▓ ░ ■ █▄ ░ ██ ▀█▄░ ▄▄▄▄▄ ▓ ░ ▄▄▄▄▄ ░▄██░ ░ ▀████▓█▄▄█████████▓░ ███ ███▓░ █████████▄▄██████▀ ▓ ▓▀▓ ▒███████▀▀ ▀████████▒ ░████████▀ ▀▀███████░▓▀▓ ■ ░ ▄█░█▀▀▄████▄▓ ▀█▀ █▓░ ▒▓█ ▀█▀ ▄████▄ ▀███▄░ ▄█▀░ ░███▀▀▀███▄ ▀█▒ ██▓ ██ ▓█▀ ▄███▀▀▀███░ ▀█░ █▀ ▓██▓ ▄███ ▀█▓ ████ ▒█▀ ▓███▄ ▓██▓ ▀█▓ █▀ ▓██░ ▒██████▓ ▀█ █▓ █▀ ▓██████▒ ░██▓ ▀█ ▒ ▄██ ░███ ▓███▓ ▀░██░▀ ▓███░ ███ ██▄ ▒ ░█▀ ███ ▄▀ ███▄ ▓████▒ ▄███▀▄ ███ ▀█░ ▓█▀ ▄██▄█▀ ░ ██████████████ ▀█▄ ██▄ ▀█▓ █▀ ████▀█▄▓░▄█ ▀██████▀ █▄▓░▄█▀█▄██ ▀█▓ ░ ▄ ██▀ ▀████▀ ▀█▓▀██ ▀████▀ ▀███ ▄ ▒ █░█▓ ██░ █░ █ ░██ ▀██▒█ ███░ ▒█░ ▄ ▓ ▒ ░█▒ ▓███ ░ ▓██ ░ ██▓ ██░ ░██ █▒ ░ ░█ ▀█ █▀ ▓ ░ ░