Divine Empire may not be Malevolent C back in '92, but then again no one is. Doomed to Inherit is an adequate substitute. Its not as good as the Pepsi to Malevolent's Coke, but it ain't Diet Malevolent Creation either. Divine Empire is a bit thrashier, has some cool melodic
leads and some groovy parts. But still, they are never gonna live down their roots in Malevolent Creation. Jason Blachowicz's vocals are deeper than Brett Hoffman's and a little bit growlier but still he sounds like a human. Lyrically its just as tarded as you would expect a Malevolent Creation offshoot to be. Production is decent, with pretty loud kick drums. Bottom line: Doomed to Inherit is some decent and entertaining thrashy death that is able to stand on its own merits. Sure to please, but not to impress
You stay classy, Divine Empire
Bred and trained to kill, hate begins to grow/No more Mr. Nice Guy, no mercy on your soul
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Aesop has a personal vendetta against these guys, if I'm not mistaken...
Solid band
Hey I used to work at Bookman's in the music department. Small fucking world...
You lucky bastard! I really want to work there and tell the hipsters that whatever they're buying was better before they sold out.
You have the patience to find shit like this in Bookman's CD dept. Crazy. Speaking of FL death metal, a post should be done on Isolation in Infamy.
Divine Empire played with Witchery, Borknagar and Emperor down in Tucson back in the day. 'Was a hell of a show. Next day they played the Mason Jar in PHX before it became a gay disco. Good times.
Hey, Does Mike with the thick glasses who used to work at Dag Nabbits still work at Bookman's? That dude is a veritable living encyclopaedia, and nice as all getout. Find him. Buy him a drink. Get schooled.
Wrap your head around this:
Lamb of God once played the little club at the end of the Mad-I, before the Mad-I was a two story monstrosity. True story.
Shredd-- Here's a homework assignment for you:
http://michaeldgriffiths.wordpress.com/2011/02/25/the-history-of-flagstaff-punk-rock/
Every name you ever need to know, to know your Flag history, is pretty much there, from Alex Bone to Codpiece and all points in between.
As for metal... it'd prob'ly pay you to do a little digging into the metalheads that once thrived around Rata Tattoo/Doc Julien's/Holepunch, and the little stage at the end of the Mad-I long before the Mad-I became... ridiculous.
Oh, and in case it's not clear... Michael D Griffiths IS "Alex Bone".
Another thread I dunno if I mentioned, which is the "missing link" between metal and punk I guess, is a dude named Todd Taylor aka "ReTodd" who went on to work with Flipside and Razorcake. Editor and writer par excellence.
Somewhere, somebody's got to have photos of the amazing painting he did inside the skatepark that used to be where Sam's Club's parking lot is now.
It was breathtaking. It was all torn down, and is likely rotting away in the landfill.
What a loss.
Anyway, glad people are still keeping the flame in Flagstaff. Things sure went to shit after they tore the lumbermill down and turned it into a prison. Phoenix yuppie fucking scum then took over.
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