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L0rd Kha0s - MLC: XL - Reviewed By Metal Digest! Tuesday September 20 2022, 10:15 PM

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L0rd Kha0s - MLC: XL - Reviewed By Metal Digest ! Check it out here at this link: https://metal-digest.com/2022/08/09/l0rd-kha0s-mlc-xl/

With MLC: XL, L0rd Kha0s pens a love letter to all the metal he adores. The album’s opening track is a punk-infused hardcore song that is followed by a depressive thrash offering reminiscent of the post-grunge era. From there, our L0rd brings us into his passion for classic heavy metal complete with high-pitched vocal wails. At this point, the listener is further thrown off balance with the song ‘Daydreaming (v1)’ which is a clean grunge ballad with all the vocals handled by a female.

After the reprieve, the album takes a darker turn with the straight death metal songs ‘Like You’, ‘Beyond the Veil’, and ‘More Knife Incisions’. Not to be satisfied, Mr. Kha0s then brings us the blackened death metal song ‘Nowhere… Now Where?’. Next is ‘Freedom’ which features a guest appearance from Nile’s Karl Sanders. L0rd Kha0s then revisits his clean ballad with ‘Daydreaming (v2)’ this time with male vocals delivered similarly to Marilyn Manson. No metal tribute record would be complete without an instrumental. ‘Three Bunnies’ is a high octane delivered instrumental, however, it suffers from a lack of lead guitar. Clocking in at five minutes and forty-six seconds a good guitar solo or two would have helped keep the attention throughout the song. L0rd Kha0s demonstrated fine lead guitar skills on other songs, which makes the decision to not include them on the instrumental perplexing.

The album is fifteen songs and over an hour long. It seems like this record is almost more of a resume showcasing L0rd Kha0s’ versatility and ability than it is a cohesive artistic offering. Ranging from classic metal, thrash, hardcore punk, grunge, death, black metal, and even grindcore ‘MLC: XL’ is a metal history lesson. Any listener is likely to find songs one would love, but conversely, they are likely to also dislike several others. - Metal Digest

Release Date - October 29, 2021

FFO: Malevolent Creation, Six Feet Under, Vader

Location: Tampa, FL

Hailing from the Death Metal capital of the world, Tampa, FL, l0rd kha0s (Preston Dolinger) is no stranger to extreme music. While he has performed with a few local bands, like many hopeful artists, most never seemed to materialize. During this time however he was actively writing music of his own, amassing a collection that one day would see the light of day, band or no band! His album "MLC: XL" is the culmination of these efforts with a collection of music spanning 25 years of his songwriting. His styles and influences range from more traditional heavy metal, to more extreme genres like death and black metal. The studio band is filled in using session musicians for drums and vocals including guest appearances by Karl Sanders of Nile, and Kyle Symons of Malevolent Creation.

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