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| Label: |
The Spew Records |
| Year: |
2005 |
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CD |
| Tracks: |
15 |
| Genre: |
Brutal Death Grind |
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Enough with the covers, already! It is possible that I am a crabby, old bitch who does not find raw beef and stupid faces exciting anymore. However, I do enjoy the cover of the re-released version of Broken Hope's Swamped in Gore, so it is fine to disagree with me. Cadaveric Crematorium hail from Italy – take some time to think of a decent band from Italy. Most people would think of bad recordings, bad rip-offs, low talent, and bad covers. Being Italian myself, I am quite dismayed by this fact. Italy has given more to America than just marinara sauce, concrete work, cold cuts, the mafia, Mario Batali, among others. But in the heavy music realm, one has to dig quite deep and I am still digging.
Cadaveric Crematorium attempt to put Italy on the map just like Christopher Columbus (take that suckas!). This is the first album that I truly had a difficult time reviewing. This is not because it is so damn pitiful that it would be a struggle to write two paragraphs. Rather, the music is so off the wall that it hard to make parallels. At this point, it is essential to go into more detail about the chaotic nature of the band. There are plenty of bands out there like Ion Dissonance and Malignancy (just to name two bands from different genres) who have mastered the chaotic sound. These bands are all over the place but, for the most part, play within the genre. Then you have the bands that try to meld various genres and fail miserably because the music lacks flow. It seems as though these bands are trying much to hard to be "different" and in the interim, have lost focus, and would rather have stupid sections of jazz, hardcore, punk, grind, and whatever else you want to throw in. Cadaveric Crematorium walk the line quite well; their music is almost cheesy in a bad, "inside joke" kind of way, but the focus is on "almost." The band is all over the damn place and there are so many influences it is incredible. But since the bad parts do not last all that long, it is a good listen. It is as almost if, as you are listening, you are trying to figure out where the band will go next. One second it is a straight crusty grind section, then a riff from Death's Human, then a slower part with opera vocals, then a off-time Meshuggah/Coprofago style riff. There is a mock of Master of Puppets and a clean track that could have fit on the Cynic album or Pestilence's Spheres.
I feel as though I am struggling trying to explain this band. The band stays, for the most part, in the brutal death metal realm. But it varies a lot. However, the band does not get so damn corny and there are too many quality songs to say that this release is a novelty. And if we can get down to the basics – it is pretty damn heavy. It is worthy of a purchase purely based on the fact that it is interesting. And how often do you hear that a death/grind band is interesting?
Review: Double Ds
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