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Vermin A Nihilistic Swarm
Deity Down Records No Barcode Out Now
By Dan Fisher
Heres a question for you: What do the Netherlandss Vermin and Red Hot Chilli Peppers have in common? Both have recently released overly long albums that have a few great songs interspersed with some utterly tedious offerings. Vermin unleash a plague of brutal death with progressive tendencies and A Nihilistic Swarm boasts some abstract and very interesting work thanks to the influence of bands such as Meshuggah, Hate Eternal and Cryptopsy. The most important tracks for you to consider are Fuel For The Flames, A Nihilist, Scientific Domination, The Plague and Collapsed Future Visions. These were the tracks that had an interesting, almost cyber-metal tinge (taint?!) to the sound. One of the most perplexing elements of the album is the decision to throw on a bonus video of one of the weakest songs, Falling Deathwards. I suppose the decision on whether one song is better than another is subjective but to this reviewers mind there are five or six more worthy tracks here that could have been chosen. The biggest gripe I have is that this album needs pruning more badly than a 70s porn actress. There are seventeen tracks on this album and seven of them should have been left off.
Vermin do have something to offer but if they are going to venture into the realms of prog-death, then they should consider making six to ten songs brilliant rather than seventeen songs so-so.
Official Vermin Website
Official Deity Down Records Website
Deity Down Records No Barcode Out Now
By Dan Fisher
Heres a question for you: What do the Netherlandss Vermin and Red Hot Chilli Peppers have in common? Both have recently released overly long albums that have a few great songs interspersed with some utterly tedious offerings. Vermin unleash a plague of brutal death with progressive tendencies and A Nihilistic Swarm boasts some abstract and very interesting work thanks to the influence of bands such as Meshuggah, Hate Eternal and Cryptopsy. The most important tracks for you to consider are Fuel For The Flames, A Nihilist, Scientific Domination, The Plague and Collapsed Future Visions. These were the tracks that had an interesting, almost cyber-metal tinge (taint?!) to the sound. One of the most perplexing elements of the album is the decision to throw on a bonus video of one of the weakest songs, Falling Deathwards. I suppose the decision on whether one song is better than another is subjective but to this reviewers mind there are five or six more worthy tracks here that could have been chosen. The biggest gripe I have is that this album needs pruning more badly than a 70s porn actress. There are seventeen tracks on this album and seven of them should have been left off.
Vermin do have something to offer but if they are going to venture into the realms of prog-death, then they should consider making six to ten songs brilliant rather than seventeen songs so-so.
Official Vermin Website
Official Deity Down Records Website
