Jan
11
2012
Fisting Andrew Golota
Illogicist // The Unconsciousness of Living
Rating: 2.5/5.0 — But with the best of intentions
Label: WillowTip | Hammerheart
Websites: Bandcamp | myspace.com/illogicist | facebook.com/illogicist
Release Dates: US: 11.15.2011 | EU: 2012.01.09
I first became acquainted with Illogicist back in 2007, at the height of the tech-death explosion, via a record called The Insight Eye. What intrigued me about these Italian virtuosos at the time was that, unlike most of the scene they were lumped in with, they leaned less towards ‘tech’ and way more towards ‘death.’ The band was clearly influenced by early ‘90s progressive death metal like Atheist and late-era Death, a.k.a. shit that I really like. And yet, despite all the potential, the album seemed to be missing… something. Continue reading
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3 comments | tags: 2012, Arsis, Atheist, Death, Death Metal, Hammerheart Records, Illogicist, Necrophagist, The Insight Eye, The Unconsciousness of Living Review, Willowtip Records | posted in 2.5, 2012, Avante Garde, Death Metal, Hammerheart Records, Italian Metal, Reviews, Willowtip
Jan
6
2012
Rusty
Vile // Metamorphosis
Rating: 3.0/5.0 — Could have used an actual metamorphosis
Label: Willowtip Records
Website: vilestench.com
Release dates: US: 11.15.2011 | EU: 2012.01.10
How far from reality would it be to argue that death metal has become a saturated genre with no room for improvement? I suddenly imagine a short chubby skinhead with a 50 cm long goatee screaming at my invalid premise which makes my argument seem quite farfetched. So we have now at our hands Metamorphosis which is the fourth full-length album by California’s Vile and it comes six years after 2005’s well received The New Age of Chaos, and that my fellow metal heads is a long time to put out a death metal album. Makes you wonder how the new one sounds like, doesn’t it? Well if you are familiar with their older works and the current worldwide vitals of death metal, you wouldn’t be really surprised by this record. This is an album that sounds quite contemporary as far as death metal goes and carries some obvious influences than can be traced to Deicide, Suffocation and 20th century Morbid Angel. Another thing I realized as soon as I saw the artwork is how much it reminded me of Atheist’s Jupiter, but I guess it would be impossible to scan the entire metal spectrum for cover art just to make sure what the artist you’re paying may or may not have copied.
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1 comment | tags: American Death Metal, American Metal, Atheist, Brutal Death Metal, Death Metal, Deicide, Metamorphosis, Morbid Angel, Robert Oppenheimer, Suffocation, Vile | posted in 2012, 3.0, American Metal, Death Metal, Reviews, Willowtip
Jan
5
2012
Fisting Andrew Golota
As I mentioned in a previous review, I like to think I value originality in music. I have little patience for bands that are merely retreads or knockoffs of other groups. So you can imagine my reaction when, a couple years ago, I stumbled on Black Future, the debut album from Arizona thrashers Vektor. The cover of that album looked like this. For those of you unaware, there is a band called Voivod. They have a logo that looks like this. ”What in unholy fuck was going on here,” I thought? Is this some sort of joke? Is Vektor to Voivod what Municipal Waste is to D.R.I.? What possible motivation could a band have to do that? And more importantly….is it any good? Two years later, curiosity finally got the better of me, and I decided to check out Vektor’s newly-released follow up, Outer Isolation.
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23 comments | tags: 2011, American Metal, Atheist, DRI, Municipal Waste, Outer Isolation, Review, Things You Might Have Missed 2011, Thrash, Vektor, Voivod, Watchtower | posted in 2011, American Metal, Reviews, Things You Might Have Missed 2011, Thrash
Jun
30
2009
Angry Metal Guy
Tech metal legends Atheist has posted a track on Myspace off of their forthcoming Unquestionable Presence: Live at Wacken DVD which is set to be released on the 21st of July (in the states) via Relapse Records. You can check it out here: www.myspace.com/kellysatheistwebsite.
Unquestionable Presence: Live At Wacken track listing (first disc only):
01. Mother Man
02. Unquestionable Presence
03. Your Life’s Retribution
04. Enthralled in Essence
05. Incarnation’s Dream
06. Formative Years
07. Brains
08. And The Psychic Saw
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no comments | tags: 2009, American Metal, Atheist, Death Metal, Relapse, Wacken | posted in 2009, American Metal, Blog Posts, Death Metal, MySpace
