Band: Anmod

Title: Monstrosity Per Defectum

Label: Deity Down Records

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Release date: February 2008

Review: CD

The band Fornication saw the light in 1996 in the south of Brazil . Respectively in 2003 and 2004, this formation released an official full length, Descendants Of Degenerated Race ( Black Hole Productions ) and Unleashed Wrath ( Brutalized Records ) and they did also a huge and very successful tour in Europe . After this tour, Johnny R.R. (d, lyrics), Gerson Watanabe (g) and Hernan Oliveira (b/v) decided to leave this band and to continue as Anmod , because they wanted to play more grind-oriented Metal, instead of pure Brazilian Death Metal. The first result is Monstrosity Per Defectum , a sonic attack of thirty two minutes that was conceived with the assistance of Murilo Da Ros , whom I did only know from his collaboration with Amen Corner . Monstrosity Per Defectum does not really sound as both Fornication -releases, because the main goal of Anmod 's band members, to create supreme Grind / Death Metal, has been achieved. The Death Metal-oriented pieces might remind to Fornication from time to time, that's for sure, yet the main part is much more brutal. And, in contradiction to many other Brazilian Grind-bands, Anmod do know how to stay interesting whole the time. The tempo isn't blasting whole the time (even though especially the drum patterns are mechanic-artillery-oriented) and a few times the music does really throttle down. The compositions have a pretty unique structure and vary a lot from each other, and besides, there certainly is a clear, evident chaos with a clear expression of renewal. Another fact that makes this band exceed the Brazilian masses is the lyrical approach. The texts do not just deal with flesh-eating maggots, cannibalistic zombies or chainsaw massacres, yet with the dark side of humanity, the sickness of the human mind and esoteric / sub-religious consciousness. Conclusion: my opinion about the South American Death / Grind-scene needs to be redefined. I have never been that enthralled by this scene, yet Anmod succeed to put them into my mind's extreme Metal map again! Oh yes, nice artwork too!

83/100

Ivan Tibos.