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"Sick of Standard Living" is the second demo recording by Finnish thrash/speed metal act Morphosis. The demo was independently released in 1989. It´s the successor to the "Nasty and Disturbed" demo from 1988. Morphosis formed in 1988 and released three demos during the period 1988-1993 before calling it quits. Lead vocalist Janne Sova (Demonos Sova) would later find fame in Barathrum. All material from "Sick of Standard Living" would be included and reissued on the "Thrashing Relics Vol. 1" various artists compilation album, released through Bestial Burst Records in April 2006.
Featuring no less than nine tracks, one could make the assumption that this was a full-length demo recording, but most tracks are relatively short and the total playing time is 21:43 minutes. Stylistically Morphosis play a thrash metal style with both crossover- and speed metal elements. It´s pretty basic music (although a few more sophisticated melodic moments occur) packed in a well sounding production job. Considering the time of release, the sound production is actually close to sounding like a professional studio production. The bass is maybe placed a bit too high in the mix, but other than that "Sick of Standard Living" sounds pretty good.
Morphosis are well playing too and although this is a pretty unpolished performance, it´s still audible that these guys can play. Sova has a nicely aggressive and raw vocal delivery and upon conclusion "Sick of Standard Living" is a good quality demo release from Morphosis. The music style is a bit generic and you won´t hear anything here you haven´t heard before and often better, but for what it is, it´s an entertaining release while it plays. A 2.5 - 3 star (55%) rating is warranted.
