Abominable Putridity - The Anomalies of Artificial Origin (2012)

Each genre of music, and metal → death metal → brutal death metal all are not the exception, has its own distribution between quantity and quality, and often this distribution is quite similar for all genres. Quantitatively the percent of good and original bands and projects could vary, but it always oscillates near one point (what point you could calculate by yourself), so if we face unknown band or project, we can predict of its quality (in subjective meaning of course) with definite probability.

This band from Moscow, Russia, incarnates the essence of the notion of “mediocre brutal death metal”, in all senses (both good “firm” and bad “worn”) of this controversial definition, but positions itself as a member of First League in genre, and while this statement calls a lot of doubts, the whole impression of band's music could be strictly wounded by this attitude. Facts say that AP had established oneself as a quintessence of worn in death metal, presented as a collection of all the genre stamps and musical means multiplied on not-very-good technical execution, and reviews on their first full-length “In the End of Human Existence” confirm it. Add to this the general negation to slam subgenre of brutal death metal, and you shall finally obtain a portrait of AP and presumption to their worx. Seems sucks, eh?

Most probably recently the band decided to change something in this life and presented a new promo work after 4 years of silence full of shitloads, arrogance and rain of criticism, and this work has shown that all these things were profit them. The new material had blameless qualitative execution, and all the inherent mediocrity they usually reveal had turned by its good “firm” side.

“Anomalies of Artificial Origin”, a second full-length album forthcoming then, haven't ruined this impression but underlined it and make it merely stainless. Now AP sounds with all the damned power it can; modern fashionable tuning of instruments and lot of studio works especially with drums don't pass by and form the kiloton avalanche of sound that could blow the unprepared man out like a feather and twist him in a fucking doughnut or nail him in the floor. Thus the presentation manner of band has become perfect, and whats about the second feature?

The second feature still takes place, and it will become the primary problem to band to solve it before next work. Music of AP still does not fit its presentation. Although blowing head off, music on album have almost no chance to be remembered. Middle tempo is an advantage, so use it as it should be used, place the rhytmic features forth! No, they would like to eat shit. Instead musicians used the boring alteration of faster and slower times, without any catchy riffs; only two or three ones could be remembered after the whole listening. Even the merely outstanding work of a singer (Matti Way who sang in Pathology, Disgorge and Liturgy) cannot turn things to normal, and all that saves this album from being exiled off the playlist is its sufficient length of 25 minutes. It is merely a woe to see how boring so damn good produced release could be, and a band should fix this further. Maybe words just also have their power, and aforementioned Artifical Origin definitely has impact on it. But I am afraid that the cover (just brilliant example of album cover, best in 2012) is the most original thing on this release.

As A Result: This album is like a dildo: impressive size, amusing colouring, glowing in the dark and can give you an orgasm, but however something is wrong.

Listen It?: Why not. It is nothing weird to use dildos.