Cephalic Carnage – “Anomalies”
This is definitely like the Rolling Stones, man. First of all, like the Rolling Stones, these songs are groovy, man. Totally. For example, the vocals are totally guttural, growled, completely incomprehensible (just like the Stones). Great stuff, really. Can people scream like this without using strong, possibly illegal substances? The growler sounds positively possessed. The thrashing, death metal, death grind guitars plus the insane blasting plus the technicality and diversity of this band is ridiculous. What’s more, the clarity of this album is very surprising. You can hear the madness clearly and upfront. What’s interesting is how they manage to bring in — and I’m not kidding this time –stoner rock and stuff that sounds like 70s Black Sabbath and throw it in the deathgrind melting pot and beat the living daylights out of it. Crazy stuff. I’m thinking that these beastie boys must put on a cool show. With this album you do not get weird instruments: just lots of thrashing, grinding guitars and loud bass, obnoxiously good drumming and superguttural vocals. OK, basically, I like this because it shows that grind can be interesting and diverse. Really! Those who get this type of music–you know, the grind stuff–should hear this: a band doing something interesting with a sound that is notorious for being strictly a one-way highway attack on music.