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I have been into Metal for a very short time compared to most of the avid metal fans I've met, barely a year. I got into it myself, without influence from my parents or friends... this lack of influence from peers made it inevitable that I'd listen to preeminent loved/hated Death metal.

The first group I listened to was Norther, the beloved Melo-happy Finnish Death Metal group of whom some critics considered the perfecter of the music that bands like Children Of Bodom had formerly presided over.

In that time, I have listened to many other such impressive groups, Kalmah, DevilDriver, Die Apokalyptischen Reiter, Amorphis; but what stood out about Massive Slavery, aside from impressive bombastic music that appears to change tempo on a dime in such songs as "Destroy, Rebuild, Repeat", were MS' choice topics, humanistic titles and lyrics, which is, as New Review put it, "extremely refreshing in a scene filled with watered-down “badass” or “dark” lyrics."

The New Review's critique of Massive Slavery's debut album, "Global Enslavement".

"Before reading this review, take a second and search “Rouyn-Noranda QC” on Google Maps. This is the town Massive Slavery are from. It is an 8-hour drive North into the Quebec wilderness from Montreal. I’m pointing this out because the scene in Rouyn is thriving even though bands born there must travel five to eight hours minimum to get to the next population center. This is a plight many Canadian bands face and it is a testament to their tenacity and their drive to create.
On to the album! Massive Slavery deliver a refined version of melodic death metal on steroids that grips you like a vice and beats you into submission. The style is extremely straightforward, but offers up both unrelenting brutality and purely catchy tunes in a way that will make any metal militant stand to attention. The closest comparison to be made would be with Montreal’s Neuraxis, although with less prog and more death metal.

The production on Global Enslavement is absolutely huge. At the helm was Yannick St-Amand, the mastermind behind the aural assault on albums by Beneath the Massacre,Despised Icon, and many more. Needless to say, everything is in place and hits home like an eighteen-wheeler colliding with a moose. (There you go, another Northern Canada reference).

Massive Slavery take the political route with their lyrical topics. “Pull the Plug on Modern Civilization” and “The Denial of Man’s Regression” in particular need no explanation. The album cover, with references to television, violence, religion, the financial system and labor, give the impression that this band is in it for more than just good times. They have something to say, and that is extremely refreshing in a scene filled with watered-down “badass” or “dark” lyrics.

Aside from a few choice breakdowns, the band’s style generally remains melo-death-squared done to near perfection. If you’re into that and have an interest in the political message, do not hesitate to check out Global Enslavement."







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Massive Slavery Bio.



The debut album from Canadian death metallers MASSIVE SLAVERY is Global Enslavement and was produced by Yannick St-Amand, who is responsible for producing such acts as Despised Icon, Beneath The Massacre, and Neuraxis. The album was recorded at Northern Studio, Northern Quebec in January, and was mixed and mastered by Pierre Rémillard (Anvil, Kataklysm, Misery Index) at Wild Studio, north of Montreal in February.

"Global Enslavement” will be released on July 26th, through Maple Metal Records, the label launched by John Belrose, producer of Exciter’s “Heavy Metal Maniac”.

MASSIVE SLAVERY hail from the towns of Val d'Or and Rouyn-Noranda, the gold-mining district in Northern Quebec.
The province of Quebec, Canada has traditionally been a hot bed for great metal talent and now MASSIVE SLAVERY can be added to that illustrious list.

Born from a concept conceived by bassist Marc-André Barrette (ex-Paroxysm) and guitarist Joël St-Amant (Descend into Nothingness), Massive Slavery was officially created in the winter of 2009.

Having previously worked with Joel in "Descend into Nothingness", drummer Pierre-Alexandre Mercier (Decrepity) did not hesitate to join the crew. Even if the band were still looking for a frontman, they began to write and work on fresh material.

After a couple of months of hunting around, their search was finally over when vocalist Jonathan St-Pierre landed the role, to round out this new quartet.
His addition to the band gave new dynamics, and a boost of energy to push the band into finalizing the writing of their first album.

The collaboration of this musical assault GLOBAL ENSLAVEMENT, combines a mix of melodic, brutal and technical death metal.

“In these dark times when the future of humanity seems to be put in danger by individualistic and corrupt leaders, four musicians from Canada work on a musical plan aiming to reach the ranks of opposition, already well established in the middle of extreme metal.
Like a wakeup call, their goal is to alert and open the eyes of our society, to reveal the sad and brutal reality, often unseen or denied by man. It’s under this shadow of complete disillusion towards our civilization that MASSIVE SLAVERY emerge from collective ignorance, in order to defend and promote an engaged movement of resistance, fighting against the manipulators of our system.”







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A review by Bravewords.com.



Reviewed by : Jason Deaville
Rating : 8.5


The crux of exceptional musical composition is making compromises without being compromised. Making sensible concessions without forfeiting one's creative vision or standing. Not an easy feat when your genre of choice has seen twenty-five years of tremolo picking, progressive sweeping, distortion, shredding, down-tuning, double bass thumping, blast beats, breakdowns, grunting, pig-squealing, shrieking, brutality, and, more often than not, repetitiveness. It could be argued that death metal has completely stagnated, a genre whose writing has been on the proverbial wall for quite some time. It is truly an exercise in personal equanimity when label after label tout their newest signing as "the next big thing" or "like nothing you've ever heard before". Yet, on the rarest of occasions, these oft misused descriptors prove themselves to be true. Such is the case with Quebec's Massive Slavery and their debut album, Global Enslavement. Produced, realized and recorded by Yannick St-Amand (Despised Icon, Neuraxis), the album combines a refreshingly unique mix of melodic, brutal and technical death metal. Songs such as 'Wider We Open Our Eyes' and 'Humanity's Last Hope' utilize hooks à la Kataklysm and In Flames, yet infused with the technically minded structures of Dying Fetus and Beneath The Massacre. Global Enslavement is an album that delivers a quintessential death metal experience, while demonstrating a level of faith in the intelligence and taste of its intended audience that's become all but nonexistent in this genre of cliches and stilted linearity. Bravo.




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