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Cephalectomy - Eclipsing the Dawn

Too much chaos does no good - 80%

cinedracusio, August 31st, 2005

Well, this should be something original and impressive.
And, actually it is original and impressive. The technicality and musicianship displayed here are brilliant. The rhythms could give headaches even to Gorguts and Dillinger on Calculating Infinity, they change extremely fucking quick and often. The riffs are really good, complex and razor sharp, and there is a small dose of avantgarde in the music (check out the beginning of Discerning Thee Apocryphal Divinity). The cymbals are well used.
Here comes the nasty part: the chaotic vocals and the chaotic combination of vocals and instruments. The screams are high and fast and alternate with the low ones. The result is a total cacophony. The lyrics are, of course, indecipherable, but no wonder for a death grind band.
It gets stressing to hear two or three guys screaming like paranoic chickens while the drums blaaaaast and the guitars slaaaaaash, so take some narcotics before listening to this. Enjoy it, anyway. For fans of grind death and of all that is CRAZY, MAN!

Whhhaaaaattt thhhheee ffuuuuccckkk! - 89%

Spawnhorde, May 8th, 2004

What...the...fuck IS THIS? Epic technical grindy blackened brutal death? This is simply some of the most different metal to come out recently. I had heard Sign of Chaos before this, it was very good also, not quite up to par because the really good riffs were barely audible through the black metal style dissonant production. But...this...has managed to surpass all of my expectations and become merely a pile of insanely unique noise. In the good sense of noise. Let's talk about the sound style here. They blend some Watchmaker style screams with some unique melodeath riffage, and blasting yet TECHNICAL drums (with some excellent double bass and cymbal work, I might add). There are also some GODLY atmospheric/really scary passages that lead into some songs (like 'The Ghosts of Reprisal and Strife'), that break up the crazy grindy riffage and unholy screaming. Definitely an album to check out. WEIRD MUSIC FOR FUCKING EVER