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...I don’t know any Brutal Death Metal band at all, as this subgenre doesn’t appeal to me whatsoever. But what is Brutal Death Metal anyway? So I first consulted the internet. Brutal Death Metal is a term used to distinguish it from other Death Metal movements (who would have thought that? ;-) ). Typical characteristics include deep, often extremely hard-to-understand growls, many blast beats, and very low-tuned string instruments. The band SUFFOCATION from New York is often considered the founder of this genre (never heard of them). Many Brutal Death Metal bands play technically very demanding Death Metal [besides SUFFOCATION, for example ORIGIN (never heard of them either)], but this does not apply to every band. DEVOURMENT (*shrug*) is also often associated with this genre, as the distinction between Slam Death Metal and Brutal Death Metal is very difficult.
So now we are all enlightened ;-)
And yet I ingeniously find myself empty-handed. :-(
But I am curious, and there are also good "Melodic" Death Metal bands like IN FLAMES, KILLSWITCH ENGAGE, AMON AMARTH, and HEAVEN SHALL BURN, so I dared to venture into this "Brutal" as well. The intro of the Parisian band and the first 30 seconds of the first song "Genesis Of Void" were good in a Death Metal way, but that was it for me as a self-proclaimed NOT Brutal Death Metal fan. Because I really don’t like the growling vocals of Mathieu; I prefer THEATRE OF TRAGEDY and AMON AMARTH 100 times over. And after another 60 seconds, the blast beats hit me in the face for the first time (almost a damn long minute). Nothing against double bass, but when the foot pedal hammers faster than a machine gun, it not only sounds artificial (> 1000 bpm, no human can achieve that) but also sounds like crap!
Nevertheless, I listened to the third album of the French band completely 2-3 times. In terms of sound and also musically (aside from these blast beats), the 9 songs including the intro are actually okay. But as I said, I’m not a fan of these blast beats and the vocals. However, Brutal Death Metal fans will surely enjoy the 35 minutes of "Chronicles of Oblivion".
And there’s a plus point for the booklet; it’s really well done without appearing overly pompous!
