Listen kids, this is what happens when death metal turns completely one-dimensional. This band is a mechanical riff generator whose "input" consists of the CANNIBAL CORPSE discography and "output" is a rhythmically and melodically random pattern of nerdy jazzcore death metal that sounds like a bunch of MESHUGGAH worshippers with Asperger syndrome. From this rigid, industrial matrix of double bass percussion and clichés that stopped being brutal in 1994, it's hard to grab enjoyable bites beyond something like the screeching of dissonant strings in "Staring at the Zodiac" that induce fond memories of VOIVOD. Vocalist Riccardo Meschiari has precisely one tone in his George Fisher-inspired vocals, except when he considers it's sensible to emit a higher pitched scream, which uncannily reminds me of the horrible squeals invented by JOB FOR A COWBOY or someone even worse, who knows?

- Devamitra

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