This has to be one of the least aggressive things with the tag "technical death metal" I've ever heard. Especially considering how when I hear it, I feel as though it should be more aggressive than it actually sounds. I would suppose it's mostly to do with the lack of drum presence and aforementioned instrument's slowness that creates a perception of slowness and sedentariness. Then again, the guitars aren't particularly fast either. The only real exemption from any of this would be the only track that was given a name on this album "Disgust and Hate", which is really a thrashier song than anything. They even ditch the death growls for a throaty punkish snarl in said track. Regardless of how "un-intense" I think this album is, I won't deny it's a worthwhile listen. They've got riffs that are absolutely stunning in their beauty and the laid back atmosphere makes the experience better, somehow. Hell, this stuff puts the same feeling in me I have when I hear some Charlie Christian playing. Well, Charlie Christian with death growls in the background. The guitars sound very natural, as though you can hear the guy playing through his amp with very little filtering. There is a tasteful use of effects like note swells on what I'm assuming is a keyboard (Like, around 2:23 on track VI), and throughout the album one can clearly make out the damp thud of a bass, which occasionally plays some short breaks during tracks. The vocalist approaches his lines with a voice that approaches brutal death metal in terms of depth, but will vary his performance from time to time. As the album is available for free download, there is really no reason to not look into it. One of the few tech death albums I would ever call relaxing.
This has to be one of the least aggressive things with the tag "technical death metal" I've ever heard. Especially considering how when I hear it, I feel as though it should be more aggressive than it actually sounds. I would suppose it's mostly to do with the lack of drum presence and aforementioned instrument's slowness that creates a perception of slowness and sedentariness. Then again, the guitars aren't particularly fast either. The only real exemption from any of this would be the only track that was given a name on this album "Disgust and Hate", which is really a thrashier song than anything. They even ditch the death growls for a throaty punkish snarl in said track. Regardless of how "un-intense" I think this album is, I won't deny it's a worthwhile listen. They've got riffs that are absolutely stunning in their beauty and the laid back atmosphere makes the experience better, somehow. Hell, this stuff puts the same feeling in me I have when I hear some Charlie Christian playing. Well, Charlie Christian with death growls in the background. The guitars sound very natural, as though you can hear the guy playing through his amp with very little filtering. There is a tasteful use of effects like note swells on what I'm assuming is a keyboard (Like, around 2:23 on track VI), and throughout the album one can clearly make out the damp thud of a bass, which occasionally plays some short breaks during tracks. The vocalist approaches his lines with a voice that approaches brutal death metal in terms of depth, but will vary his performance from time to time. As the album is available for free download, there is really no reason to not look into it. One of the few tech death albums I would ever call relaxing.