Origin - Studio 24, Edinburgh February 22, 2012

" US band Origin's set from the Studio 24 in Edinburgh. First few minutes are a bit messed up but after it gets really good, very happy with how this turned out!
It has been re-dubbed with separately recorded audio. "

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Man Made Origin - The Betrayal 2011

Country: United Kingdom (Dundee)
Album: False Consciousness (2011 self-released)
Genre: Progressive Black Metal/Female vocals
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Cytotoxin - Plutonium Heaven 2011

Genre: Technical Brutal Death Metal
Lyrical themes: Nuclear disasters, Chernobyl
Country of origin: Germany
Location: Chemnitz, Saxony

01 React or Recede 03:36     
02 ... in a Complex Velocity 04:38     
03 Human Mud 03:40     
04 Plutonium Heaven 04:17     
05 2 Minutes for 2 Years 02:30     
06 RBMK-1000 03:40     
07 Solemnities of May 04:51

A short while ago I received an e-mail from Cytotoxin asking me if I was interested in reviewing their brand new album. So I clicked their link and gave one of their songs a listen, and about halfway in I was already in awe. “This is the shit”, I thought to myself, and later on replied that I’d be bloody excited to review their album, seeing as it seemed to be right up my alley. A few days later it dropped into my mailbox. Gitty as a child on Christmas I ripped the shrink wrap open, started flipping through the booklet and gave the CD a spin…I can tell you it’s been a while since I fell so head-over-heels in love with a new band this quickly. This young act, formed in 2010, has managed to release one hell of a debut, and I can’t for the life of me understand why they don’t have a label behind it. Brutal death metal with a flair for the technical side of the matter, without losing sight of the chunky goodness that is slam. Plutonium heaven is only 27 minutes long, and it’s a concept album about the Chernobyl nuclear reactor disaster. The concept shines through not only in the lyrical department, but also a few select samples, like for instance that of a crackling Geiger counter in a couple of tracks. It adds such a magnificently spooky feeling, and they actually manage to create an atmosphere, which is damn unusual for the genre. But, the rest of the album’s pretty straight-forward death metal. I’m quite certain they’ve taken on influences from both their European heritage as well of that of the States. I occasionally get to think of Abysmal Torment, and for a short while Devourment comes to mind. Suddenly my mind goes to Brodequin as the blasting is at an all-time high, whereas the technicality gets me thinking of Incinerate and the gurgling gore of Prostitute Disfigurement. But no matter what bands one might find a few similarities to, there’s no doubt in my mind Cytotoxin’s also given the older school of death metal a fair share of air-time, as some of the riffing definitely carries a Floridian feel to them (just listen to Solemnities of May). The tempo changes are vast, and one second might be blasting like crazy, the next goes for a short and semi-melodic slowdown, only to speed up once again and abruptly turne into a down and dirty slam session. The drumming’s truly impressive, and the technicality is all that I could’ve asked for, just as the sudden outburst of a technical guitar solo gets my adrenaline pumping. But they don’t overdo it, they keep the technicality at a sane level, so as to not get too bloody in-your-face. Vocally it’s gurgling, grunting, growling, squealing and anything else you could possibly ask for. Production-wise it’s perfect, letting all instruments shine through. This is without a doubt one this year’s best releases. Impressive and mind-blowing! And it just goes to show that you don’t need made-up stories about gruesome murders, torture and rape to get the gory feel of brutal death metal; you can just retell a bit of mankind’s history.


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Man Made Origin - False Consciousness 2011

 

Genre: Extreme Progressive Metal
Country: United Kingdom

Tracklist

1. Faith of the Verse 08:47
2. False Consciousness 06:02
3. Legion of the Lost (Lament for Tomorrow II) 06:53
4. Uncharted Space 04:19
5. Redemption 8: 13 08:13
6. The Betrayal 07:18
7. Into the Darkness 20:02

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Anomalous - Ohmnivalent 2011

Genre: Brutal Technical Death Metal
Lyrical themes: Anti-Christian, Redention, Conspiracy, Society
Country of origin: United States
Location : San Francisco, California

01 Premateria (A Fire Birth) 03:40    
02 The Seraphim Veil 05:20    
03 Bicruciforms: The Eternal Return 04:58      
04 Ohmnivalent 08:19    
05 Mitosis 08:42    
06 Panacea 04:44
07 Hypnagogue 05:02    
08 Demiurge 05:26    
09 Binary Resurrection 07:40

What we have here may just be the most technical album ever recorded. When I first heard some of the music these guys were making, I had to call bullshit at first. It is just so insanely technical, and they switch from one idea to the next probably eight times every ten seconds. Although the songs can be a little tedious, this is nonetheless a very good album and should be in the collection of any fan of technical death metal. The usual formula for the songs is to throw out a riff played at hyper speed, and then dispatch it as quickly as it came and then throw out yet another riff. Anomalous never repeat a guitar line twice in a song and the overall memorability of the songs suffer for it, but it is compelling. The sheer amount of riffs in each track is staggering - and they hit you as hard and as fast as humanly possible for the entire length of OHMnivalent. To say that the guitar players are beyond proficient is a major understatement as they can shred as fast as any other guitar legend, but their guitar parts are definitely tight, groovy, and of course, technical as fuck throughout. Another real bonus is when they play a few quiet passages (see the mid-section of the title track) that are just beautiful. This is due in part to a wonderful guitar tone, but these guys are extremely well versed musicians and clearly want to display a nice variety of brutality as well as beauty on this album. Another notable trait of the music found within is that it is completely devoid of any time signature, whatsoever. Try to tap your foot to this, you will not be able to do it. Each riff thrown into the mix seems to also come with its own new time signature, and at times the music sound like a huge cluster of noise, but there is method to the mayhem. You wouldn't believe that humans could comprehend these songs, but they clearly can! The most notable performance here comes from drum legend Marco Pitruzzella, the drummer from Brain Drill. That may elicit a bit of a knee jerk reaction for some, as it did for me, but you need to hear him these days; his drum performance here is anything but annoying gravity blasts with a horrific drum tone. He has really become what I would honestly call one of the finest drummers of our generation. His drumming is still ludicrously fast, but his tone is much better on this record than on Brain Drill's debut. I still can't believe a human can fathom the song structures he was presented with, but he does an incredible job keeping the beat. This man has become a human computer when it comes to his instrument. There is only one problem; he is still playing on that damned electric kit of his. If he would just ditch the electric drums and graduate to a big boy kit, he would be one of my current favorite drummers undoubtedly. This record is one of the most bizarre and frantic cluster fucks ever caught on tape. It suffers from a lack of memorability, but this wasn't written to have hooks- it is just some good djenty tech death! Is it good to play all the time? No. Is it a great record from time to time that is both mind blowing in its delivery and compelling to behold? Oh yes. I look forward to future releases from these guys.


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