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IMMORTALLY COMMITTED - "Committed for Life" & "Epic II - Satan's Return"
I have to
admit when I first contacted this band and got the materials, I
thought I was dealing with a Death Metal outfit. Boy, was I ever
wrong. But you have to admit, with a name like this, it's easy to
assume that. IC has been around 12 freaking years! Where the hell
was I when these guys were just surfacing? Man, I hate when that
shit happens! The worst part is these guys are kick-ass! The band
also has a nice working relationship with North Babylon's Virgin
Steele; actually David Defeis with a bit of vocal help on a track
on "Committed..", "Epic" and some lessons to
Craig Besmer on keyboards; Craig is the founder of IC.
Immortally Committed play some great Metal and both these
releases are extremely good even though I thought the debut was
better and more memorable. "C4L" is a 10-track gem with
hints of Helstar, Heretic, Solitude Aeturnus and Metal Church
with a couple doomier songs in the Confessor, Memory Garden sense.
Vocals are interesting since we have a mixture of high,normal and
sometimes growly like Death Metal. The higher and normal ones I
would give a good comparison to D.C.Cooper, Scheepers,Viscera and
Lance King. The growly stuff just reminds me of what Sentenced
does with their songs.
"Epic II.." isn't any sort of dive into the monotonous
80's cliched subject of the devil but deals more with the news;
terrorists and people that just get a thrill harming innocent
people. The album is darker theme-wise but musically some of
these songs sound more alternative like Soungarden/AIC ("Shut
Up!" and "Drift" for example) but there's others
that just kick ass and the vocals are even a bit different; more
of a Halford/"Ripper" Owens approach with the same
addiion of the debut's growly, more assertive backing vocals.
IC is currently working on new material and possibly another
visit by Defeis as well on the release..time will tell. IC is a
quality band and the best way I can put it in terms is if you
were to see them live, they would be a great act to add with the
bands Powers Court and Twisted Tower Dire
as the music resembles both those bands in one form or another
but none of them sound like the other. True veterans of the
underground will know what I'm talking about!
review by: Quintessence Metal Webzine
IMMORTALLY COMMITTED - "Committed for Life"
Dont
let the bands name fool ya. Immortally Committed is not
your typical hard core death metal band. Theyre a classic-style
heavy metal band with way too much melodic sense to be
saddled with the hard core label.
On this eleven-song self-titled work, the band displays the
ability to play in all tempos, sometimes within the same song (see:
Sorry Too Late).
Vocalist Joe Totillo showcases good range throughout along with
the good sense to, in general, save his Halford-esque high range
for accenting purposes only. This comes across especially well on
Unchallenged, during which Totillo overdubs some
piercing screams on top of some gutteral, early Pantera-like
growls.
The backwards message bit to open the CD is hackneyed (and more
than a little pointless, given that you cant spin a CD
backwards... as far as I know), though one can also view it as
another tip of the hat to classic, old school metal which
the band (Totillo, guitarist Craig Besmer, bassist Jeff Beavers,
and drummer Mike Festa) plays exceedingly well.
review by: Nick Parisi