Armed with legendary producer Jack Endino twiddling the knobs, Seattle´s Slave Traitor headed into the studio and come back with their second strike, the self-issued EP called "Man Infest Destiny". As good as their debut EP "Black Narcissus" is, "Man Infest Destiny" is even better. A top-notch record that shows, that Slave Traitor are ready to take on the world with this new record.

With their style of melting doom-, sludge- and stoner metal elements in their sound, they create their own musical spot in the neighbourhood of Mastodon, Crowbar, High on Fire and old Neurosis. With doomy, heavy weight metal riffs, from crawling to mid-tempo grooves, and the triple vocal use (Marc Burno (bass), Eric Kempton (guitar) and Jake Willanger (guitar) share the vocals equally- with each voice making a distinct impact, from guttural growls to mid-range snarl and howls), Slave Traitor take their listeners to the deepest depths of metal- and the pitch black soul of rock music.

A rumbling intro builds a swinging doom groove for the furious opener "Wilderness of Mirrors", immediately followed by a shredding blast of frostbitten, chord progressions with multi-headed vocal carnage lunging directly for the throat and crowned with a bluesy, metal-laden guitar solo.

Afterwards "Burning Sniper", mixing up a balanced platter of punchy, metallic doom with slower Black Sabbath riffs. Punishing but with a gritty underpinning of melody in music and chorus. Intensity unfolds in the form of consistently groovy riffs, superior drumming and menacing vocal trade-offs, that splinter off in a variety of directions.

Forceful and mean as hell comes the shredding mid-tempo rage of "Pill Cutter" which bares smoldering aggression with spiteful vocals, doom-baked metal riffs and a drawn-out melodic dissonance. This slightly beautiful bit of distortion adds a strange vulnerability to a song filled with down-trodden riffs.

"The Middle Passage" gets going with screaming vocals in the verses and surging guitar. The chorus shines with a moody, slightly Black Sabbath tinged doom shuffle, but allows blackened ambience to appear in the guitar work shortly thereafter.

"Insult" is a slow and doomy track with nasty vocals and eerie shades of melody.

The get-out dance of this awesome album is "Dust in the Wound", which presents brutal, mid-tempo thrash that trades blows with crushing doom heft and gang shouts that lead to a tremendous finale of groovy rhythmic shifting and catchy sludge riffs.

With "Man Infest Destiny" Slave Traitor unleash a mean beast, a huge statement of vicious rock, which is perfectly captured by Jack Endino, with a fresh and mighty production! A little masterpiece that all fans of metal, doom and sludge should deal with. And hopefully a record label will take this band under one´s wing. Two thumbs up!!

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