2006-03-27
Infinited Hate was a Dutch band that was actually used as a side project by three members from
Sinister. The project members were Aad Kloosterwaard (the drummer and the founder of the project), Rachel Kloosterwaard-Heyzer (his wife and the singer), and Ron Van De Polder, who played both on the guitar and the bass.
The trio published a demo disc which was named “Primitive Butchery”; that demo convinced Displeased Records to sign them, and through that label the band issued its debut album, which is this album.
This album was released in 2004 and a year or so later the second album of this project came out. It was called
Heaven Termination, and it was rumored to be a new Sinister album. In the end it was the final album of Infinited Hate, as a new line-up was formed at Sinister leaving this band in a disbanded state.
If we go back to this album we can plainly see it has a Sinister feel to it. All songs here have heavy riffs and killer growls produced by Aad and Rachel. It is also worth mentioning that the lyrics are pretty much on a high level of language; they describe all sorts of tales about perdition, and the will to send people down there.
As for Rachel, don't expect a new Angela Gossow. This singer does not possess the quality the
Arch Enemy singer possess. Nevertheless, she is very effective and performs well here (By the way, Angela Gossow's name appears in the credits and thanks of this album, and one must wonder what her donation is).
The band claims that their goal, particularly in this album, is to blend the old school death metal with the newer US style, which is common nowadays, and I think it works here pretty well. There are a few clear elements, especially in their music, that were taken from
Cannibal corpse, and their singing could easily be included in the Grindcore genre, but in songs such as “Blood Evidence” you can hear music that is typical of Metalcore. Aad uses a drum machine throughout the album, and I think it sounds great because it adds pace and a new dimension of brutality to the songs.
On two songs, “Primitive Butchery” and “Bound By Hate”, there are intros that were probably taken from a horror movie. In those intros we can hear a killer saying what fun it is for him to see a knife go inside the victim's body, and later he begs someone to shoot him. Those intros are a pretty nice addition but I'll be bitterly disappointed to find out that it was taken from… say- the Scream trilogy.
Nir Haviv
