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Cue sampled screaming and impending sense of dread.
Cue quick-fingered flickering bass playing. Continue
to incredibly fast virtuoso playing for 41 minutes
by all members of the band with intensely gore-rific
vocals. And there you have it; Brain Drill has released
another cacophony of sound designed to make both
your ears bleed and send your heart racing. It really
is a simple as that. Its technicality is on par
with its aggression, but it is almost comical to
hear — kind of like watching decent zombie
film where you become numb to the inventive ways
in which the un-dead become... well dead. It is
horrific to watch, and you really shouldn’t
be laughing or possibly enjoying what you see or
hear, but you do.
With blatant disregard to which some bands will
write at least a few riffs that are passably memorable
or catchy, the band just pile on the intensity
in glorious bucket loads of demented death metal
— sort of like All Shall Perish on speed.
It just sounds so ridiculously over the top, and
all the time. The downside to this relentless
sensory overload is that there is little diversity
to the album, which is emphasised even more by
the obvious similarities to 'Apocalyptic Feasting'.
Some of the sweep picking riffs (particularly
on "Beyond Bludgeoned") obviously take
a degree of craftmanship, but at the same time
the just sound a little tiresome or maybe not
inventive enough. It could be because of the scales
they use — I am not sure, but it sounds
more like a workout than a moshpit. It's not all
bad though, the are a few head scratching genius
moments where you are left wondering how on earth
they got this down on tape, particularly the stomping,
head swirling, mid-section of "Entity of
Extinction". But that sums up the album really,
you are going to be either massaging your beard
over this or gurning furiously whilst air-riffing.
I would, however, suggest checking out "Apocalyptic
Feasting" before this one though.
2/5
Review by Rich E |
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Dylan Ruskin
Steve Rathjen
Ron Casey
Ivan Munguia |
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1. Obliteration Untold
2. Beyond Bludgeoned
3. Awaiting Imminent Destruction (Ivan Munguia,
Rathjen, Ruskin)
4."Nemesis of Neglect"
5. Entity of Extinction
6. Mercy to None (Munguia, Rathjen, Ruskin)
7. Monumental Failure
8. Quantum Catastrophe |
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- Top Cheese
- Brilliant
- Pretty damn good
- Ok I guess
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What Was That? |
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