siLLy puPPy SEED OF SORROW comes from the land of Nessie, yeah the legendary Loch Ness Monster in the city of Inverness, a region not teeming with extreme metal bands. This band that consists of Lewis Goodwin (vocals), Mark Savage (guitar), Nick Laidlaw (guitar), Donald Tolmie (bass) and John Murray (drums) is determined to wake the dead with its savage brutal deathcore sounds that deliver an unrelenting bantering of extreme metal madness.

So far this band has only released this debut EP titled WORLD IMPALED which features five studio tracks and a bonus live closer. The totality is only just shy of 23 minutes but with an orotundity this determined to crank up the volume to the limit, this amount of time is just about right considering there’s not one little iota of breathing room on this one. The band’s style is typical deathcore with bantering twin guitar riffing, a bombastic bass and over-busy drumming workout. Goodwin’s vocal style is the typical frantic metalcore insanity with deathened growly overtones.

Deathcore is one of those subgenera that more often than not reeks of generic performances without much artistic input, a nook in the metal universe where newbie bands can just let off stream and make as much noise as humanly possible without having to focus on things like interesting songwriting structures, instrumental variation or some sort of inviting gimmick that sets the band apart from the legions of similar sounding bands. Unfortunately SEED OF SORROW falls into the generic as fuck section of the deathcore supermarket.

Yep, for every Born of Osiris or Rings of Saturn deathcore style that actually incorporates disparate elements to its bombastic fury, there are a million or more other bands that are content simply to jump on the bandwagon of a particular noisy metal style without adding a personal stamp. While WORLD IMPALED isn’t unlistenable, it’s not very inspired either. The five studio tracks showcase razor sharp musicianship but devoid of creative license. The most interesting track is actually the live one for some reason. OK but nothing special.