Cephalic Carnage - Anomalies - guest review
Cephalic Carnage - Anomalies - guest review
Tracklist
01. Scientific Remote Viewing02. Wraith
03. Counting The Days
04. The Will Or The Way
05. Piecemaker
06. Enviovore
07. Dying Will Be The Death Of Me
08. Inside Is Out
09. Sleeprace
10. Kill For Weed
11. Litany Of Failure
12. Ontogony Of Behavior
Guest review by
helofloki July 01, 2005
First of all the signature Cephalic Carnage elements are there. Their incredible sense of syncopation and insane midriff blasts are frequent. Gruesome vocals and a keen sense of musical humor also make their mark upon the album. Their lyrics are the typical "goofy crap they came up with while stoned," though possibly not quite as creative as in the past. This is ok though because they sound absolutely fantastic within the music which is the important part. Also, as usual John Merryman's drum performance is beyond words and he is easily the best drummer on Relapse Records.
So what does Anomalies sound like? At a first listen it's really hard to say, because the styles within vary so much. Riffs with Dillinger Escape Plan type intensity lead into gruesomely crushing hooks. Injections of rockabilly and sludge are carefully placed in between the insanity. Hell, they even took a stab at Metalcore this time around with their hilarious "Dying Will Be the Death of Me." Still I assure you this album does manage to have it's own (and very unique) sound.
The real unifying factor of this album is the production, specifically the guitar tone. Like the rest of this album first impressions are deceiving. The first thing I noticed about the guitars is how they just destroyed. Over all incredibly brutal and intense sounding on every song on the CD. After a few listens I saw a little deeper and the texture of the guitars is actually quite soft. So imagine being crushed by a giant pillow of destruction and how it sounds and you're about there. Anyway, now for the point: what this accomplishes is a very stoned sound. Listening to the album you can just feel the haze of smoke floating around your head.
This all might sound really weird and contradicting, but trust me each song is extremely well thought out and not just in the context of itself but in the context of the entire album. My biggest recommendation for this record is to listen to it several times, because hidden within the goofy jokes about Metalcore and marijuana is a new step in incredible music.
Written by helofloki | July 01, 2005
Guest review disclaimer:
This is a guest review, which means it does not necessarily represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
This is a guest review, which means it does not necessarily represent the point of view of the MS Staff.
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I don't really consider this a grindcore album, just death metal. When I first got this album, I was very disappointed with it. I felt that it was too slow and it lacked the agression that their prior albums had. However, after not listening to it for a while, I'm doing so now and I'm liking it more than I remember. It's still not their best, but the guitarwork is so great that I've changed my mind about Anomalies. I can't really decide how I would rate this, but probably around 7.7 or something. These guys destroy live, BTW.
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This album has plenty of killer songs on it, riffs, and all that, but unfortunately I just can't get over the immature lyrics in songs like "Kill for Weed" and "Piecemaker." I think it's that I feel a band with technical ability should match it with equally impressive lyrics, and this album only succeds in a couple of songs. "Enviovore" has some masterful parts to it with lots of dynamic variation. The production is better than ever on this album, but I guess I expected more... Humorous lyrics can be written intelligently too, and not remind me of shit I wrote in 8th grade.
---- "After silence that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music." - Aldous Huxley
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Great musicianship is shown on this album..This album KILLS!!!!
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