Clocking in at only 32 minutes, Organic
Hallucinosis hits you hard and fast with intelligible
and — dare I say — catchy death/thrash metal.
Immediately you'll hear a distinct difference between the
vocals and those of most all other death metal releases. Though
still harsh and extreme, they're actually listenable. They
are similar to Entombed or Sepultura, but the best comparison
would be to Burton C. Bell of Fear Factory. Death metal purists
will complain, but I need to understand something I'm hearing
from the vocal department. This was a nice surprise.
This music is not just the wall of noise that we so often
hear lately. The songs actually have structure and are somewhat
technical. At times, it's more thrash than death metal. There
are a lot of songs which seem to have a start-stop kind of
structure, making for an interesting listen from start to
finish. The guitars churn out chunky, heavy riffs, sounding
very Fear Factory-ish throughout. The album is made up of
only eight songs. The three strongest tracks — "Day
69," "Revelation Of Persistence" and "Visual Delusion" —
are at the center. "Day 69" is so damn good it sticks out
like a sore thumb here. The song has a pulverizing double-bass
start-and-stop beat, capped off by Sabbath-esque riffs and
lightning fast solos. There's even a short double-bass breakdown
in the middle of the track. One of the best I've ever heard
period. "Visual Delusion" has an out-of-sync riff throughout,
and the song turns very technical, almost reminiscent of Heartwork-era
Carcass. There is not a weak track on the disc from start
to finish. "Invisible Control" is great an the album's closing
track and may be the heaviest of the entire disc.
This is not the most original album by any means, but Decapitated
combine several elements of thrash and death metal to produce
a strong and brutal effort. At times it seems that the band
is showing off, and they do it well. Along with Kataklysm's In The Arms Of Devastation, Organic Hallucinosis is another strong extreme metal recording in 2006. Go out
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