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Initial listening of tracks from this cd along with overall disappointment from previous release Resurrection Macabre gave me very little to be excited about. I love early Pestilence (especially Consuming Impulse and Testimony Of The Ancients), and because their comeback was devoid of clever keyboards and jazz-infused death metal structures I saw them now as a much lesser band, as did a lot of other fans as well. In my view the band shot themselves in the foot coming back with a modernized straightforward death metal style they lost fans back in the day for not playing, when they were playing stuff ahead of it's time that now does really well today. Why buckle and play to the majorities tastes when you can put out something groundbreaking and unique and please the harshest of fans (yourself) in the process. This time Pestilence haven't learned from the past and submitting this time round could prove even more dire and short lived results for the band. Despite this when I went back to giving Resurrection Macabre some more listens I didn't hate it as much as I did at first, so I thought it was time to give Doctrine a chance. Both albums are similar to each other in that it sounds like any old trash inspired death metal band stealing a lot of chuggy Meshuggah-like riffs with shrieking Pestilence vocals over the top. Although it is likely the band will never return to the sound of their 2nd and 3rd albums they have recently welcomed overworked drummer extrodinare Dave Haley to the drum stool. So whether this collaboration works out, the band might still surprise us in a good way for a change with their next offering which is already underway. One can only hope.Read full review