Quality Death Metal with occasional melodic flourishesDestinity have produced a rather satisfying album with The Inside. Vocally heavy, instrumentally both heavy-as-hell and yet also retaining a certain musical flair and penchant for melodic guitar-lines, there is little doubt that this album should appeal to fans of both Death Metal and Melodic Death, maybe even some fans of symphonic Black Metal (especially if you like bands like Dimmu Borgir, and their later releases).
One interesting difference that makes Destinity stand out is their use of "clean" vocals. If you've heard the band Pain (side-project of Hypocrisy's frontman and producer extraordinnaire, Pete Tatgren), then you will have an idea of what the sung vocals are like. Used sparingly and to excellent effect, they add another dimension to an album that could otherwise have been subsumed by the ever-expanding stable of bands who try this sort of thing.
With hints of Dark Tranquility, Ill-Disposed, Arch Enemy, early Soilwork and other luminaries of the Melodic Death Metal scene, Destinity can be proud of the album they've written and produced, standing tall with their peers. Though I must say, having mentioned those stars of the Gothenburg scene, that Destinity do not peddle a well-worn knock of that sound. Sure, there are some universally used elements that crop up in all Melodic Death Metal, allowing identification with that genre, but Destinity add so many other elements that they almost (but only just almost) defy categorisation.
Heavy, technically excellent, and the know-how of to structure heavy songs, Destinity are a band to watch as they will no doubt grow in both confidence and skill as their careers develop. If you like these guys, also check out fellow Lifeforce stable-mates Deadlock.
