about ten years ago i killed the prom queen was part of that new australian wave of hardcore. bands such as carpathian, her nightmare and of course parkway drive. even though i like the aforementioned bands better, i bought the metal blade europe cd version of 'music for the recently deceased'. when listening to the album i recognised that it was pretty different to everything else coming from down under.
the sound of 'mftrd' is remarkable. while most australian bands recorded or at least mastered their albums in the states and therefore had always this touch which made them sound like an american band, i killed the prom queen went over to scandinavia, to studio fredman in goteborg, sweden to be precise. the inclined metal worshipper should now go into raptures considering the genre heros that recorded there.
in flames' 'the jester race', dark tranquility's 'the gallery' or above all at the gate's 'slaughter of the soul' had been recorded in the holy halls. knowing about this legacy it is no surprise that 'mftrd' sounds so swedish melodic death metal-ish. put together with those typical metalcore breakdowns and the nice melodies, the album is a top notch release. i even like the clear sung refrains, which is usually not my cup of tea.
three weeks ago i stumbled upon a vinyl copy of 'mftrd' at impericon accidentally. i was checking the vinyl section because i had nothing else to do and there it stared back at me. i didn't hestitate to order a navy blue/white marble copy. after i placed the order i checked that unfd records from australia gave this pearl the vinyl treatment. it's the only i killed the prom queen album i own and listened to, and it's still every bit as good as i had it in mind. 250 copies made. unfd records. 2006/2015.
