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CD Review - Uigg - To punish And Enslave [Album] Uigg - To punish And Enslave [Album]


Uigg - To punish And Enslave [Album]

Diminished Fifth Records

August 26, 2009, 04:57 PM

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Uigg are another band to come out of Nova Scotia in recent times and unlike their peers they seem to not have the same sparkle as bands such as Black Moor. "To Punish and Enslave" seems to start off well with a Fear Factory inspired intro which then kicks in with 'One Shall Stand, One Shall Fall' which has good blastbeats and drone style guitars but then the bad part kicks in...the vocals.

I'm a fan of scream vocals on many records (Suicide Silence etc instantly come to mind) but with Uigg it doesn't seem to work anywhere near as well and becomes very distracting to listen to and kills any momentum that the rest of the band are building up. It also suffers from the fact that the lyrics are more often than not too difficult to hear but given the song titles I can kind of guess the themes of the tracks but it would have been nice to be able to understand the lyrical content more.

The instrumental work on this record has a great rawness to it that I do enjoy though and I will be honest here, if it wasn't for the band and the music then this Uigg review would definitely have been Trash Can Fodder.

If you do like raw Deathcore you will enjoy "To Punish and Enslave" a bit more than I did.






Last edited by altsounds : August 26, 2009 at 06:11 PM.






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