Reissue the Putrid Death
While Russia is known for its brutal winters, it certainly isn’t known as a mecca for brutal death metal. That may soon be a different story as these boys in Abominable Putiridity have shed some light on what those incredible winters can bring. On The Anomalies of Artificial Origin, they bring the pain.
Creating an undeniably brutal delivery of riffs and drums at almost blinding speeds. The heaviness on the album cannot be understated. On songs such as “A Massacre in the North” it’s like watching a car wreck at 500 miles per hour. The instrumentation seems to be flying around at unheard of paces. Drums and guitars are played with the precision of a surgeon all while keeping the pace and destruction to that of a large-scale hurricane.
Each song sort bleeds into the other, creating the illusion of being stuck in a very dark, loud cave that seems to get longer and longer with each step. The first three songs fly by and you don’t even notice because of the frenetic pace. “A Lack of Oxygen,” the album’s fifth track, gives enough of a reprieve for you to gather your senses, then goes right back into the brutal death you have been hearing all album long. It’s intense.
“The Anomalies of Artificial Origin,” the album’s title track, is the best song on the record. It showcases how great the musicianship is, while showcasing the music’s heavy delivery. Its guttural vocals tied with an unreal riff will make you want to headbang to this forever. Stop on a dime solos and machine like drumming shine here.
Now the one thing The Anomalies of Artificial Origin– and it is just one thing– is that not a single word can be understood. Not one. It is filled to the brim with guttural pig squeals and blood curdling screams. It’s awesome. However you won’t be able to decipher a single word. Although you can tell by the song titles that there is a general theme of death and destruction that ties the whole thing together. For example on a song like “Wormhole Invasion” it can be assumed that it is about some sort of dystopian future where machines are a liability. But that’s just a guess.
Overall though the album is very good. Being a re-issue it’s good to hear that even a few years ago albums like this one were making the rounds. Technical death is hard to come by these days, and these Kremlin-raised boys have it in spades, so lets hope they don’t get lost in the brutal Russian winter.
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