| CD REVIEW Cephalic Carnage |
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Band: Cephalic Carnage It took three years, but the result was worth waiting for. This new Cephalic Carnage-album, Misled By Certainty, lasts for more than fifty minutes and goes on in the vein of their strong former recording, Xenosapien (released at the end of May 2007 – review still available on the site). But it differs somewhat too. First of all there is more variety, more differentiation between the individual compositions. All right, Misled By Certainty still stands for a progressive hybrid of technical Death Metal and spastic Grindcore, but the band went further than before when it comes to experimental journeys. And it is a successful evolution.
Like the band’s former album, this one comes close to the early years again, yet with more ‘depth’, meaning: more full in performance, more full in sound. And the addition of somewhat unusual parts (listen for example to the addition of melodic vocals ("When I Arrive"), the jazzy sounds on "Ohrwurm", or the many progressing tempo-changes and rhythm cacophonies) is another positive renewity too.
And what to think about the final song, Repangaea, with its duration of twelve minutes… A well-thought fusion of Post-Rock, Jazz, Doom, Death Metal, Progressive and Sludge, performed in an almost epic way, and with a rather obscure and oppressing atmosphere… Very nice hymn to end this great album with!
The band succeeds to combine past with present, because at the same time the old school and a modern one go hand in hand, peacefully… Even though these guys start getting old in mean time (do I have to add a smiley now?), they seem to grow time after time, and therefore I have to conclude that Misled By Certainty probably is the best thing Cephalic Carnage ever did. This album will certainly maintain the band’s leading position within the international Progressive Grinding Death Metal-scene. 82/100 Ivan Tibos. |