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>If you have paid any attention at all to the slam scene recently, you have undoubtedly seen a plethora of bands using rap samples and hip hop aesthetics and this band is the reason. Some may blame PeelingFlesh for being the reason the slam scene is like this, but PeelingFlesh songs are still better and at least have some good elements and songwriting to them, unlike any overproduced meme slam Infectious Jelqing has been pumping out recently. This band has had a disastrous impact on slam that it may never recover from.
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>First of all, the production on this song turns it into something even a hyperpop musician would call overproduced. This song sounds ultra processed and devoid of any human creativity. Every sound sounds like it was run through a computer made to make it sound as perfect as possible, but it makes the song sound overwhelming and brain exploding.
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>Additionally, the song is filled with meme sound effects and rap samples. In my opinion, bands like PeelingFlesh actually use rap samples right by not letting it define their entire sound. There is definitely ways to sound like PeelingFlesh without the samples, but that can not be said about Infectious Jelqing. Infectious Jelqing lets the samples define their entire sound which can only lead to failure. If you need 10 samples to make your song good and stand out then your song probably isn't good. Songs like these have no substance and will be forgotten in less than 5 years. The entertainment value of "haha funny meme sound in my slam" goes away after a couple listens. Now, I will admit, part of this isn't at fault of Infectious Jelqing. Meme culture is a forever shifting culture where something can be funny one week and be unfunny the next, but that only serve to hurt Infectious Jelqing. Putting meme samples in your song is a 100% guarantee that your song will be outdated in a week because most of your samples will be seen as just not being funny. In short, it just isn't a good way to stay relevant.
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>Now, I have to admit, the vocals were alright. They are your standard slam / deathcore vocal style that sounds good if not a bit basic. Sadly, some alright vocals are not enough to save this song from being absolutely awful. The vocals, along with the rest of the song, sound horribly overproduced and only serves to make the song more unlistenable.
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>While not related to the release, I feel it is important to mention the impact this song and band have had on the slam scene as I think a lot of blame can be put on infectious Jelqing for the modern state of this genre. Everytime I go on bandcamp and look for slam, I find even more shitty bands with rap samples and meme sfx. This is a big problem because carbon copies of things are almost always worse than the thing they are imitating, and that holds true for all the Infectious Jelqing copycats. If this continues on, then all slam will be is a lazy meme subgenre with no substance and I think most slam fans can agree that letting that happen will pretty much kill the little life it has.
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>If you are reading this, then please for the love of God don't use meme samples in your slam projects..