MISERY INDEX - Heirs To Thievery
May 20, 2010, 14 years ago
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Since its inception almost a decade ago Misery Index has released a sequence of impossibly right records, these Washington Capitals fans perfecting the art of highly listenable death-grind with just the right amount of obscenely necessary groove (relatively speaking, of course). 2003’s Retaliate, 2004’s Dissent and 2008’s Traitors are all watersheds in ‘00s death metal and just as it seems the band can’t possibly perfect its style in any further capacity, Misery Index decides to release another record and re-impress, yet again. Seriously, Heirs To Thievery is a wicked and uncompromising album, one that plays it invigorating, highly energetic and amazingly riff-oriented: there is nothing ambivalent nor indecisive here. In 2010, Misery Index has written and executed its finest record in Heirs To Thievery; that’s a claim that’s been made after each of the group’s releases, and it’s a testament to how capable Misery Index truly is.
