Cephalic Carnage - Anomalies
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Artist: Cephalic CarnageEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2005-03-15
Music Label: Relapse
Soundtracks:
- Scientific Remote Viewing
- Wraith
- Counting The Days
- The Will Or The Way
- Piecemaker
- Enviovore
- Dying Will Be The Death Of Me
- Inside Is Out
- Sleeprace
- Kill For Weed
- Litany Of Failure
- Ontogeny Of Behavior
Free Music Notes for Anomalies
Free Music Review: Now, this is some great stuff!! 5 stars
Hit: 5 Stars
I really don't have a clue what to even say or how to describle Cephalic Carnage. They are one of the most talented and unique extreme technical death/grind metal bands that I've ever heard in my life. I first got into them when I got their brand new album "Xenosapian" for Christmas just last year, and I was instantly hooked to this awesomely intense extreme band. That album would keep me occupied until just last month when I purchased "Anomalies" at FYE down in Eau Claire.
Upon purchasing "Anomalies", I didn't listen to it immediately, because I had Divine Heresy's "Bleed the Fifth" to listen to (awesome CD BTW). When I did listen to it, I loved it instantly. I also learned that Cephalic Carnage like dubbing themselves as "Rocky Mountain Hydrogrind" being that they're from Colorado of course, these guys incoporate every different style of music (mostly technical death and grindcore) but also sludge metal, metalcore/hardcore and jazz-fushion as well. Lenzig Leal's vocals are just absolutely insane on here alternating from wicked high pitched screams and shouts to low monstrous death bellows. The guitar riffs on here are dark, heavy, relentless and very technical and there's also some really awesome solos to boot as well. The bass is also audible and heavy, sludgey sounding too. The drumming by John Merryman is chaotic, fast and relentless with wild slamming blast beats and rattling double bass kicks all over the place. This album also features by Barney Greenway (Napalm Death), John Gallager (Dying Fetus), Travis Ryan (Cattle Decapitation), Dave Otero, Coporate Death (Macabre) and Brian Hegman (Black Limb) as well.
The first track "Scientific Remote Viewing" (my personal favorite song on here) is a fast wicked scorching opener that kicks "Anomalies" off with a vicious bang and it features wild violent screams, fast, frantic and violent riffage and fast chaotic drumming (including some blindingly wicked jackhammering Cryptopsy-esque blast beats). Track two "Wraith" is a very techy track that features some insane propulsive blast beats and machine gun like double bass kicks and grinding buzzsaw riffs. The third track "Counting the Days" is a bit more slower track that features some slow yet heavy gringing riffs as well as a few Dillinger Escape Plan-style tempo changes. The lyrics to this song are a shout-out to their fans. Another highlight on here "The Will or the Way" features a violent barrage of clobbering blast beats, raging grinding riffs, creepy death bellows, and I like the part where Barney Greenway of Napalm Death (who does guest vocals on here BTW) pipes out the line "KICKING PEOPLE IS BAD!!! NO ONE SHOULD EVER DO IT". Another one of my favorites on here, track five "Piecemaker" is very stoner/sludge metal influenced that features heavy sludgy grinding Black Sabbath-esque riffs and great vocals from Lenzig who shifts away from normal death metal roars, to more comprehensible screams, while track six "Enviovore" is another chaotic, schizo techy number that borderlines on wild schizophrenic like screams and shouts, crazy frantic blast beats and addicting heavy riffage. The seventh track as well as the Metalcore Parody track "Dying Will Be the Death of Me" features some wailing clean backing vocals by Dave Otero I believe as well as a pair of awesome back to back careening guitar solos. Track eight "Inside is Out" is another big highlight that features some wicked piercing jazzy guitar licks, torchering growls and some crazy tempo changes. "Sleeprace" is another stoner/sludge influenced track that features some great bluesy style guitar solos, while "Kill For Weed" (a jokingly amusing track) is an absolute romping stomping death metal assault that has mad battering riffs, maniacal blast beats and very derranged vocals and lyrics, and there's also a creepy violin outro too. The closing track "Ontogeny of Behavior" is an awesome near 10 minute epic that starts off very slowly with clean and calming guitars, until around the 4 minute mark the song garners up some momentum with heavier grinding riffs and moments later the song becomes almost blindingly fast with fast slamming drumwork, frantic riffage and deadly death growls.
Jeremy's song ratings:
1. Scientific Remote Viewing (2:18) - 5/5 I love this song
2. Wraith (2:50) - 5/5
3. Counting the Days (3:54) - 5/5
4. The Will or the Way (2:10) - 5/5
5. Piecemaker (5:35) - 5/5
6. Eviovore (3:01) - 5/5
7. Dying Will Be the Death of Me (4:41) - 5/5
8. Inside is Out (3:54) - 5/5
9. Sleeprace (2:45) - 5/5
10. Kill For Weed (2:17) - 5/5
11. Litany of Failure (2:25) - 5/5
12. Ontogeny of Behavior (9:49) - 5/5
Overall, this album is without question an absolute piece of pure ingenious work as well as a bludgeoning assault on your senses, beleive me, this is definately some great stuff, and boy did this Denver five-piece did such an extremely fantastic job at delivering a great ingenious work of art. So anyways if you're a fan of Cephalic Carnage, technical death metal, grindcore, or if you're just an open minded fan of extreme heavy music, this band is definately worth checking out, I'm sure glad I got into them. KEEP IT EXTREME!!
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