Divine Destruction - A World In My Image

It has been a while since a deathcore album has impressed me enough to do a review about. I saw this album pop up in my feed somehow and I decided why not give it a shot. ‘A World In My Image’ is a very young album. Like it was released yesterday (18-03-2020). So Divine Destruction are a 2-piece (slamming) deathcore band from Florida/Canada. USA deathcore has been doing quite well last year so USA deathcore might do the same this year. Let’s give it a shot.

Introducing the EP ‘A World In My Image’ is an almost atmospheric black metal/post-rock intro which sets the tone for upcoming madness. However it is nothing what it seems like. After a minute you hear the absolutely disgusting bass which tears you apart. The vocals of Jessica Marie are amazing however it could be something where you need to get used to in deathcore. You won’t hear that too often in a deathcore song but after a couple of listens, it gets familiar with you.

Next one is a collaboration with a known vocalist of a very known band. Greg Gilbert of Shine Of Malice lends his vocals to Divine Destruction. Talking about destruction, his vocals are one of the best and they fit perfectly in ‘Palehorse’. ‘Palehorse’ does have a weird song-structure. Halfway through the song you will be faced with a piano but after that the song will continue further with all of the nasty stuff that ‘Palehorse’ and Divine Destruction can produce.

And here is ‘Eternal Reign’ with none other than the biggest guest vocal of the EP Duncan Bentley of Vulvodynia and Acidic Vaginal Liquid Explosion Generated By Mass Amounts Of Filthy Fecal Fisting And Sadistic Septic Syphilic Sodomy Inside The Infected Maggot Infested Womb Of A Molested Nun Dying Under The Roof Of A Burning Church While A Priest Watches And Ejaculates In Immense Perverse Pleasure Over His First Fresh Fetus. In this song you will absolutely hear the influences of Ingested above every other influence. The song-structure could’ve been one from the self-pronounced slam kings themselves. This is probably the most ‘slammy’ song of the ‘A World In My Image’ EP and sadly also the shortest. Fans of slam won’t be disappointed during this song.

Last one is ‘Perfect World’ with Quinn McGraw of Living Machines. It could be a brother/sister of the first song ‘I Am Divine I Am Destruction’. Both have that progressive element in them. Especially with the guest vocals. After listening to the EP a couple of times, I came to the conclusion that Divine Destruction shouldn’t be bearing the genre of Slamming Deathcore but the label of Progressive Deathcore. There are a lot of other elements in the sound of Divine Destruction that make it progressive imo. It is certainly a fun listen however it could be a no-go for the old school deathcore fans. They might be scared of the progressive elements Divine Destruction have integrated in their sound.