✦✦✧✧ Pathologically bombastic as always, although the extreme metal and symphonic passages are less disjointed on this album than they were on “Titan.” There are pleasant attempts here to push the band’s own envelope of creativity and experimentation, and Logan Mader’s production wisely emphasizes the actual band’s performances more than it did last time out. See the rest here
The headbanging is appropriately absurd for this also-ridiculous Meshuggah track, and yeah I kept expecting to see fingers flying. So fargin’ metal!
I really dug the Vader album. The Septicflesh was a bit too disjointed, even for me. Check out the new Origin album – tasty!
We’re at the halfway mark of 2014, and I already have enough contenders for the Arsies. See the rest here
I kept worrying he was going to mash or cut his fingers! Agree about new Vader. Just picked up the new Septicflesh but haven’t had time to get around to it yet. See the rest here
Awesome. Maybe it’s cause we’re getting older, but all I can think about is how much his neck must hurt.
What did ya think of the Septicflesh? Not bad. I also highly recommend the new Vader. See the rest here
★☆☆☆ “Grandiose” doesn’t quite cover what Septicflesh achieve on this symphonic metal album. Unfortunately, their pomp comes at the expensive of any kind of song cohesion or logic. Worse, the sudden changes within the song come frequently and unpredictably enough to make it difficult to allow yourself to get into any riff or mood with any real investment. See the rest here
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