REVIEW: EUSOPHOBIA - DEATH FROM ABOVE

 

EUSOPHOBIA - DEATH FROM ABOVE (Independent, 2001)

Produced by A. Orhan and Eusophobia

Recorded by A. Orhan

Cover Art by Eusophobia

Tracks: 1- Death from Above, 2- Excruciation, 3- Revealing the Decay, 4- Under the Bestial War Command

Here we have this MCD from this tight death metal band. The main thing here are the devastating riffs which are killer like the ones at 3:30 of the track "Death from Above", designed for the mosh pit. The band has reached a good equilibrium between the fastest parts and the more rhythmic and heavier ones which I think are the ones that the band has to use more often. There are interesting solos which are played fast and achieve the correct level of melody and they are transformed soon in a riff like it happens on the one at 1:50 in "Excruciation. The sound of the recording is good but I would like them to put the drums a little bit louder (specially the snare drum that is a little bit buried) and I think that in that way they can achieve a better result. Crushing.

Favorite tracks: "Death from Above" and "Revealing the Decay"

Contact: www.eusophobia.de

REVIEW: ELECTRO-MAGNETIC TRANSPERSONAL ORCHESTRA

 

ELECTRO-MAGNETIC TRANSPERSONAL ORCHESTRA (Pax Recordings, 2002)

Recorded by Eli Cruz

Cover Art by Aaron Benett

Tracks: 1- C; 2- D; 3- E; 4- B

Here we have this completely experimental recording by the Electro-magnetic Transpersonal Orchestra that has in its lineup nine great musicians who love improvisation. Here we have Aaron Benett who plays the woodwinds and drinking straw, Mark Chung and Jeff Hobbs on violins, Marlin Coleman and Adam Lane on cellos, George Cremaschi on bass, Joe Sabella on tuba, Dan Cantrell in acordion and John Finkbeiner on guitar and alto saxophone. This orchestra was designed to experiment with their instrument and the amazing thing here is the coeherence that the music achieves as result of their interaction (I love the way the accordion enters playing some melodies while the rest of the band plays an almost ambient background). This guys are obviously really good musicians and through the four tracks contained here (one of them is over 19 minutes long) they explore all the possibilities that they can with a completely open mind. There is an interesting contrast between the more melodic sections and the more chaotic that makes each of the tracks really dynamic and always changing. This is a CD that I would recommend to openminded people.

Favorite tracks: The four contained here

Contact: www.paxrecordings.com

REVIEW: DYSPRAXIA - RESTABLISHING THE EQUILIBRIUM

 

DYSPRAXIA - RESTABLISHING THE EQUILIBRIUM (Records, 2002)

Produced by Raul Manrique and Dyspraxia

Recorded at Tatxin Studios

Cover Art by Javi

Tracks: 1- Misery of Many...,2- Real Woman, 3- Restablishing the Equilibrium, 4- Warloot, 5- Bonus CD Rom: includes "Warloot" Video

Here we have Dyspraxia´s first work. Their music is extremely fast and brutal death metal with hyper fast riffs played at full speed. There are various types of voclas. A more guttural one and a screaming one and also a one more shouting. There are some guitar solos which I find interesting, sometimes played over slow rhythms like in "Misery of Many...". There are also some odd passages which I would like the band to use more often because they show us a weird side of Dyspraxia´s music which I like a lot. The bass guitar is suprisingly cleean contrasting a lot with the guitars that are a wall of sound !! The mix is really good specially on the guitars which have a crushing soun. Lovers of brutality have to check Dyspraxia !!

Favorite tracks: "Real Woman", "Misery of Many"

Contact: www.dyspraxia-extreme.com

REVIEW: DIVIDED MULTITUDE - FALLING TO PIECES

 

DIVIDED MULTITUDE - FALLING TO PIECES (Elevate Records, 2002)

Produced by Trude Midtgaard

Recorded at Brygga Studio

Cover Art by Håvard Gjelseth

Tracks: 1- Enter Paradise, 2- Focus, 3- Stigmatize, 4- Locked Away, 5- No Man´s Land, 6- Dreamin´, 7- Falling To Pieces

Here we have this amazing progressive metal band coming from Sweden. Here we have their epic keyboards, their virtuoso guitars and the extremely technical rhythm section. This, combined with Sindre Antonsen´s vocals which are very different than the ones used by the other bands of this style make a powerful recording. To give you an idea Divided Multitude is like a combination of progressive music with some heavier style such as the one played by bands like Vicious Rumours. The keyboards are all over the songs and they interact really good with the heavy guitars. One of the main things here are the melodies which are epic and dark. This is one of those recording that you listen over and over again and you always find something new, some arrangement, some lick, some pattern that you have not heard before. Thumbs up for Divided Multitude!!!!

Favorite tracks: THe whole CD. This is a masterpiece of progressive metal

Contact: www.dividedmultitude.com

REVIEW: DISORDERED SYSTEMS BARBARA ROMEN / GUNTER SCHNEIDER

 

DISORDERED SYSTEMS BARBARA ROMEN / GUNTER SCHNEIDER (Durian Records, 2002)

Produced by Barbara Romen and Gunter Schneider

Engineered and mixed by Hanno Stroher

Tracks: 1-4 Salut für Caudwell , 5- Disordered Systems

Here we have Disordered Systems a project by two great musicians and guitarists, Barbara Romen and Gunter Schneider. On this CD they play first a composition by Helmut Lachenmann called "Salut für Caudwell" in which they show a lot of experimentation with guitar sounds and rhythms, adding vocals in some parts but always letting their minds find new ways iof expressing themselves through their instruments. Then comes the second composition called "Disordered Systems" which is prepared for 13 guitar instruments and is played live without playbacks or overdubs. Here they experiment with different sounds and they use metall bars and knitting needles fixed between the string making sounds that are almost electronic but have a lot of new qualities specially for the listener that is not accustomed to listen to them. A must for people who wants something new in the guitar realm and who love musical experimentation.

Favorite tracks: The whole CD is amazing and completely experimental taking guitar to new levels

Contact: www.durian.at

REVIEW: DIM MAK - INTERCEPTING FIST

 

DIM MAK - INTERCEPTING FIST (Mighty Music, 2002)

Produced by Erik Rutan

Recorded at Dimensional Sound Studio

Cover Art by Wahid Wahid

Tracks: 1- Phoenix Eye Fist, 2- Tai pan Snake Venom, 3- Komodo Whip, 4- Shambling, 5- Mindgate, 6- Den of the Avalanche Dragon, 7- Interceptor, 8- Climbing Knife Mountain, 9- Nine Head Serpentine Sire, 10- Essence of the Northern Fist, 11- To the Negative Power

A devastating release!!! With a very modern sound with crushing guitars and an excellent drum sound here we have the violent music of Dim Mak.. The eleven tracks on this CD are a burst of energy and full power ....comanded by the fast guitar riffs and the devastating drums ,and with the brutal vocals they achieve this crushing music that you can listen on this CD.The production and mix are great and here we have Morbid Angel / Ripping Corpse guitarist Erik Rutan behind the mixing board. HE gives Dim Mak what they deserve a clear and brutal sound that enhances the results that this guys wnat to achieve. Violence and brutality guaranteed.

Favorite tracks: "Mindgate", "Tai Pan Snake Venom" and "To the Negative Power"

Contact: www.mightymusic.dk

REVIEW: DAWNDEATH INCINERATOR - TOMB OF CORPOREAL BUTCHERY

 

DAWNDEATH INCINERATOR - TOMB OF CORPOREAL BUTCHERY (Independent, 2002)

Produced by Vomucus Dawndeath

Recorded at Sanguinary Tyrant Studio

Cover Art by Jerry Sandefur

Tracks: 1- Gaddianton Robers, 2- Tomb of Corporeal Butchery, 3- Scorn the Abomination, 4- Campaign in Hell

Dawndeath Incinerator´s music is difficult to describe. First of all because on each track they have many parts: some of them are death metal , some of them are grind (with blast beats), then because of the vocals that are quite different on each track. Finally they have a guitar sound that is really original and sounds completely distorted and different from the one used by the bands of the styles mentioned above. Also, you have some samples that give a mechanical feeling to songs like "Scorn the Abomination" The four tracks here are bestial with a lot of hyper fast parts but with many changes on each track. The mix is really raw and gives a lot of distortion to the guitars making the result sound somewhat industrial. This recording is a really interesting. A really original band!

Favorite tracks: The four tracks here are devastating

Contact: fountain@wasatch.com

REVIEW: CARNIVEAN - IN TODES BANDEN

 

CARNIVEAN - IN TODES BANDEN (Independent, 2001)

Produced by Carnivean

Cover Art by Carnivean

Tracks: 1- Post Mortem, 2- Of the Flesh, 3- Dreaming the Dark, 4- Evil Be Thy Name, 5- Shallow Grave, 6- Welcomed By the Mass, 7- Rest In Pieces, 8- Offering of Evil, 9- Satan´s Circle

Carnivean is a death metal band whose main feature are theuir guitar riffs. They are catchy and rhythmic and the band prefers to rely on this rhythms and some odd time signatures and changes like the ones you can hear in "Post Mortem" than playing hyper fast blast beats. IN fatc this is what I like friom this band: that even if they want to be fast and brutal they don´t abuse one note riffs and blast beats and prefer to use more technical riffs, guitar solos and intersting passages. The vocals are guttural but you can understand perfectly the band´s lyrics. The only things I would have changed is the guitar sound which I would have mixed a little bit clearer. This band is a must for lovers of death metal bands who play unusual riffs and time signatures. An original release.

Favorite tracks: "Of the Flesh", "Shallow Grave" and "Offering of Evil"

Contact: www.carnivean.com

REVIEW: CANNIBAL CORPSE - TOMB OF THE MUTILATED (REMASTERED EDITION)

 

CANNIBAL CORPSE - TOMB OF THE MUTILATED (REMASTERED EDITION) (Metal Blade Records, 2000)

Produced by Scott Burns

Recorded at Morrisound Recording

Cover Art by Vincent Locke

Tracks: 1- Hammer Smashed Face, 2- I Cum Blood, 3- Addicted to Vaginal Skin, 4- Split Wide Open, 5- Necropedophile, 6- The Cryptic Stench, 7- Entrails Ripped from a Virgin´s Cunt, 8- Post Mortal Ejaculation, 9- Beyond the Cemetery, 10- The Exorcist

Here we have this classical third release from one of the main death metal bands of all times. Here we have remastered classics like "I Cum Blood", "Hammer Smashed Face" or "Addicted to Vaginal Skin". This songs that in 1992 were new for the metal audiences now with the years have become death metal classics. Compared to the original edition of this recording we have some sound improvement, specially on the guitars and drums which seem to be clearer in the mix than they were on the original edition. Here we have also Chris Barnes guttural vocals and screamings which were Cannibal Corpse´s trademark before his departure and the arrival of George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher. A classic for all who like death metal.

Favorite tracks: "I cum Blood", "Hammer Smashed Face" and "Necropedophile".

Contact: www.metalblade.com

REVIEW: BISCLAVERET - AEGRI SOMNIA...

 

BISCLAVERET - AEGRI SOMNIA... (Independent, 2001)

Produced by Bisclaveret

Recorded at Halls of Oblivion

Cover Art by Thorn

Tracks: 1- Succubus, 2- Duch Moj, 3- Aegri Somnia (O Saceros Christi Tu Scis Me Esse Diabolum Cur Me Derogas)

This is a project born from Thorn´s mind...and I must say that he has a lot of creativy. In fact he plays all synthesizers here which are the main instrument and he has composed all the three tracks contained on this CD. The music contained here is really atmospherical and dark with many ambient moments. Here we have this compositions full of synthesizers and spoken or whispering vocals. With many melodic but slow touches that turn the result even darker. Thorn is trying to experiment a lot on each track but retaining a black atmosphere that surrounds all his compositions. Lovers of this style of music with a lot of creativity will surely like Bisclaveret.

Favorite tracks: The three contained here

Contact: ldthorn@inetia.pl