Psycroptic - Ob (Servant) (Bonus Dvd)
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Artist: PsycropticEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
CD Release Date: 2008-10-14
Music Label: Nuclear Blast Americ
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Ob(Servant)
- A Calculated Effort
- Slaves of Nil
- The Shifting Equilibrium
- Removing The Common Bound
- Horde in Devolution
- Blood Stained Lineage
- Immortal Army Of One
- Initiate
- Bonus DVD - Video Diary "Making of Ob(Servant)"
- Bonus DVD - Live Footage from Amsterdam 2007
- Bonus DVD - Live Footage from New Zealand in 2007
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Free Music Review: Symphonies of Genius
Hit: 5 Stars
Psycroptic's fourth album is also its most accomplished album to date. Which is saying a lot of a band that puts more creative and performative work into each and every song than most bands put into an entire album.
For anyone looking for death metal that is more complex than your standard "strophe 1- strophe 2- chorus- strophe 3- chorus- chorus"-structured songs, Ob(Servant) is a treat. The danger with technical metal is that it can easily degenerate into silliness, absurdity, and musical unintelligibility. Not so with Psycroptic and this album.
Ob(Servant), like Psycroptic's previous efforts, is delightfully complex and rich, while being extremely listeneable. I like to think of it as Carcass' Necroticism album on steroids. It is powerful, brutal, relentless. Music you can headbang to and jump up and down- as opposed to most technical death metal acts that when performed live force the audience to stand around- or get a beer out of boredom. While some songs may start or end on a slower note, it doesn't take long for things to kick into high gear.
Each song works great as a whole, with plenty of memorable moments. Or they can be heard while focusing only on either the drums or the guitar. One will discover a treasure of musicianship. On a video the band says that they tried to keep things interesting. And they succeeded. For once a drummer makes full use of the drum kit- during every song- and every minute. Every part of it and every cymbal is used. The same is the case with the varied guitar work that thankfully sticks mostly to low notes and gives us one great riff after another. And herein lies the wonder of this album. It has in my opinion unlimited re-listeneability. Everytime one listens to it, one discovers something new, some bit one hasn't noticed before and one is amazed at the skill of the guitarist and drummer.
The vocals work as the rest of the instruments- they also doesn't stick to one pitch but vary in range throughout each song. As fan of death metal I prefer deep growls over higher pitch screams, however, these vocals fit perfectly with the music.
Ordinarily I don't pay attention to lyrics but I was curious to follow along with the vocalist here and what stood out is that these lyrics are interesting. They are Lovecraftian in that they present a vision were humans are insignificant. We are addressed by some timeless beings to whom we mean nothing. Adding to the transcendental nature of the lyrics are sounds and effects that sound like they come from another dimension that act as intros or outros to some songs.
Things start out mercylessly with the song Ob(Servant) an absolute tour-de-force and ends similarly strong with the video-single Initiate. There isn't a single bad or mediocre song here.
The production is near perfect. Music like this doesn't work as a muddled mess of deep distorted noise. Everything is crystal clear so much so that you can easily listen to it with in the car with the windows down, something that can't be said for most death metal albums. I would have liked to be able to hear the bass just a bit more. But on the other hand, I'm content that Psycroptic doesn't fall into the technical death metal trap of letting the bass stand out too much while playing some incongruous melody of its own.
Psycroptic ranks among the truly great death metal bands of all time. They create unique music of very high quality and craft that you cannot confuse with anything else out there. Ob(Servant) is one of the two finest albums of 2008.
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Deluxe CD/DVD edition. 2008 album from the Australian Death Metal band includes a bonus DVD that contains live footage plus a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the album.Hard Rock & Metal Music CDs
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