Pyuria Calliphora Vomitoria Introitus
Crash Music CMU61133 January 25th, 2005
By Jason Jordan
I sighed when I saw the indecipherable, metal logo and the poorly Photoshopped graphics on the cover art of Pyurias debut album. What Calliphora Vomitoria Introitus instantaneously brought to mind was the ostentatious Pathogenic Ocular Dissonance, which is a release by Tourniquet; scouring a medical dictionary/thesaurus for album/song titles has been done before. Fortunately, though, the music is surprisingly arresting.
My favorite attribute, of the record, is the subtlety in which they transition from riff to riff, beat to beat, and/or tempo to tempo. Check out Field Court-Martial for the best exemplification of rapid yet seamless changes. Otherwise, Pyuria play speedy death metal that youve heard glints of before but like I said the transitions are so well done that they had me in awe; new time signatures arise out of nowhere, and it becomes so easy to nod along with the music. At times they sound vaguely similar to Zyklon with a pinch of At the Gates thrown in for good measure. In Rotten Remains Forgotten Names Lie, surfaces after the introduction, and is a fade-in at that. Its a plodding start, but it gets a lot better as the group waltzes through sonically pleasing tunes such as Douleur Mortelle, Murder Metaframe, and Nemesis Mausoleum.
Pyuria have some inconsequential EPs to their name, but Calliphora Vomitoria Introitus nevertheless is excellent for a debut full-length. Theres much innovative songwriting at work here, and I hope to hear more from these Finns in the future. Now, if theyd only choose album titles that can actually be remembered.
8/10
Official Pyuria website
Official Crash Music website
Crash Music CMU61133 January 25th, 2005
By Jason Jordan
I sighed when I saw the indecipherable, metal logo and the poorly Photoshopped graphics on the cover art of Pyurias debut album. What Calliphora Vomitoria Introitus instantaneously brought to mind was the ostentatious Pathogenic Ocular Dissonance, which is a release by Tourniquet; scouring a medical dictionary/thesaurus for album/song titles has been done before. Fortunately, though, the music is surprisingly arresting.
My favorite attribute, of the record, is the subtlety in which they transition from riff to riff, beat to beat, and/or tempo to tempo. Check out Field Court-Martial for the best exemplification of rapid yet seamless changes. Otherwise, Pyuria play speedy death metal that youve heard glints of before but like I said the transitions are so well done that they had me in awe; new time signatures arise out of nowhere, and it becomes so easy to nod along with the music. At times they sound vaguely similar to Zyklon with a pinch of At the Gates thrown in for good measure. In Rotten Remains Forgotten Names Lie, surfaces after the introduction, and is a fade-in at that. Its a plodding start, but it gets a lot better as the group waltzes through sonically pleasing tunes such as Douleur Mortelle, Murder Metaframe, and Nemesis Mausoleum.
Pyuria have some inconsequential EPs to their name, but Calliphora Vomitoria Introitus nevertheless is excellent for a debut full-length. Theres much innovative songwriting at work here, and I hope to hear more from these Finns in the future. Now, if theyd only choose album titles that can actually be remembered.
8/10
Official Pyuria website
Official Crash Music website
