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I'm Scared
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cryptopsy is one of the premier technical death metal bands to hail from north america, and imo the best from canada.
* luminum: this song is really more of an intro--a short atmospheric piece. the sound of wind and a synth is the backdrop to a cascading acoustical melody, which is finally joined by a distant sounding guitar riff.
* in the kingdom where everything dies, the sky is mortal: this song has an interesting beginning, w/ a few dramatic starts/stops, which builds into the rest of the song. there are a lot of different riffs, a few side trips into some fairly jazzy sounding parts. at the end it revisists the theme of the preceding song 'luminum' by briefly repeating part of its acoustical melody.
* carrionshine: this song wastes no time in getting up to speed. quite the blastbeats going here. flo's really working the double bass drums. at 1:48 there is a thunderous explosion that is so gratifying--i just know that there will be pyrotechnics going off at that moment when this song is played live.
* adeste infidelis: this song has a remarkable segment in the middle w/ a brief narration in english and french, followed by a solo. i can't be bothered to decipher the words. but yes, this song actually has a solo.
* the curse of the great: this song starts slowly, deliberately. lord worm's voice works great w/ the plodding, sinister melody. then it picks up into a downright groovy sounding rhythm and some killer drumwork. the song interweaves the opening melody w/ some other great riffing.
* the frantic pace of dying: quite a trippy intro, w/ distorted piano reminding me a bit of some old beatles. no worries, though, it quickly becomes very headbang-able. then this awesome riff is introduced which sounds like it was lifted from some classical music. it quickly switches again (like cryptopsy often does) to some straightforward chugging and riffing, but then, wow, at 3:37 the classical sounding riff returns, this time totally in the forefront w/ a chilling violin/organ sounding like it's being played in a big creepy cavern. very cool. then at the end, the trippy piano returns.
* keeping the cadaver dogs busy: this song starts out w/ a totally jazzy sound, then quickly switching to a killer, sliding riff. there is a really big low tom sound which goes great w/ the plodding chorus--so cool sounding. this is easily the most jazzy of the songs. there's a lot of stuttering, improvisational stuff going on.
* angelskingarden: serene synths open this song. but of course then it breaks right into some killer blastbeats, some nice chugging rhythms, some discordant-yet-beautiful riffs. there are also some quite groovy riffs, which lope along like some cool-looking dog. they even fit in a dramatic orchestral sounding segment, which is backdrop to a very nice solo.
* the pestilence that walketh in darkness (Psalm 91:5-8): wow, this song starts out so cool. first a few notes in clear electric guitar, then kicking in the distortion to do an almost black metal-sounding bit of strumming as the scripture is read. then flo gets to pick it up on his drums as the more conventional riffing begins.
* the end: very weird synths and ambient sounds eventually give way to a decidedly egyptian sound. this song is really an intro to:
* endless cemetary: this song had a similar feel to 'the curse of the great' at the beginning. the egyptian-sounding riffs from 'the end' reappear later on in here, though done quite heavily this time. the solo here is backed by a fairly intricate melody which complements it well, culminating in a harmony. the song ends abruptly, and so does the album. you're left wanting more--and that's a good thing.
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Supreme Being
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Well done. Can't say that I have ever heard a song by this band. I am just starting to appreciate some death metal bands so I suppose I could give this one a shot. It sounds interesting, to say the least.
As long as I got Rock n Roll I'm forever young
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