Yattering Genocide
Candlelight Records, 2003
Well, I think Genocide may well become a rightful candidate for the title the most debatable album of the year. As early as during the first listening, two contradictory thoughts came to my mind: first, its a typical death metal album; second, its a fucking brutal and technical album.
Fortunately, as time is passing by, and Genocide is spinning more and more often in my cd player, the second thought of mine is becoming much more valid than the first one. The technical complexity of the band could be compared only to their American counterparts, while their brutal sound has its roots in European death metal traditions. However, I wouldnt be able to easily put them into either of these two categories, which accounts for the fact that the attribute typical might pop up at times in connection with Yatterings music. Still, you may also listen to it with a jaw dropped wide open for just the same reason.
The album pours on the listener with a terrible might from its first moment. The monotonous percussions in the introductory track, accompanied by thick guitar riffs, make us think of an approaching train. Then this monotony breaks, and in the next half an hour a couple of seemingly complex songs follow, full of rhythmic changes. The reason that I use the word seemingly is that the band basically build up their songs from well-known and often-heard themes, which only sound extreme because of the frequent changes in the dynamics. (Though its also true that sometimes it sounds as if Meshuggah had started to play death metal.)
What the band bravely experimented with is the guitar effects, as can be heard well in the tracks Non Adapted Socially and Rapists Victim. But apart from the effects, there are a bunch of splendid riffs and solos on the whole album, at times even with truly thrash-like themes. Besides the guitarists, drummer Zabek is also to be mentioned, cause he doesnt only destroy our eardrums with his double bass but also gets us acquainted with the sound of each and every peace of his set (its enough to pay attention to Murderer (You Are), for example). As a very neat closing of the LP, the monotonous train-theme returns from the intro for a final blast at the end of the last song, Living Bomb, after an extended silence, just before youd turn off the cd player (even though you can see the counter is still on).
The Polish bands Genocide is a really strong album, which can easily turn out to be a milestone in their becoming popular and appreciated, in spite of the fact that the cover has an ordinary death metal design, thereby hiding the real potentials of the bands storming energies. All in all, Genocide is highly recommended to all of those who like death metal music when its polished and brutal at the same time. And your homework is to find out if the song Message to M.A.R.I.O. was written to .... ?
1. Genocide
2. Schism
3. Message to M.A.R.I.O.
4. Non Adapted Socially
5. Oanic In A Sea Of Blood
6. Inflow (Thought From Outside)
7. Non Typical Home
8. Rapist's Victim
9. Sentence (to die)
10. Temptation Of A Crime
11. Murder (You Are)
12. Living Bomb
Official Yattering Website
Candlelight Records
Candlelight Records, 2003
Well, I think Genocide may well become a rightful candidate for the title the most debatable album of the year. As early as during the first listening, two contradictory thoughts came to my mind: first, its a typical death metal album; second, its a fucking brutal and technical album.
Fortunately, as time is passing by, and Genocide is spinning more and more often in my cd player, the second thought of mine is becoming much more valid than the first one. The technical complexity of the band could be compared only to their American counterparts, while their brutal sound has its roots in European death metal traditions. However, I wouldnt be able to easily put them into either of these two categories, which accounts for the fact that the attribute typical might pop up at times in connection with Yatterings music. Still, you may also listen to it with a jaw dropped wide open for just the same reason.
The album pours on the listener with a terrible might from its first moment. The monotonous percussions in the introductory track, accompanied by thick guitar riffs, make us think of an approaching train. Then this monotony breaks, and in the next half an hour a couple of seemingly complex songs follow, full of rhythmic changes. The reason that I use the word seemingly is that the band basically build up their songs from well-known and often-heard themes, which only sound extreme because of the frequent changes in the dynamics. (Though its also true that sometimes it sounds as if Meshuggah had started to play death metal.)
What the band bravely experimented with is the guitar effects, as can be heard well in the tracks Non Adapted Socially and Rapists Victim. But apart from the effects, there are a bunch of splendid riffs and solos on the whole album, at times even with truly thrash-like themes. Besides the guitarists, drummer Zabek is also to be mentioned, cause he doesnt only destroy our eardrums with his double bass but also gets us acquainted with the sound of each and every peace of his set (its enough to pay attention to Murderer (You Are), for example). As a very neat closing of the LP, the monotonous train-theme returns from the intro for a final blast at the end of the last song, Living Bomb, after an extended silence, just before youd turn off the cd player (even though you can see the counter is still on).
The Polish bands Genocide is a really strong album, which can easily turn out to be a milestone in their becoming popular and appreciated, in spite of the fact that the cover has an ordinary death metal design, thereby hiding the real potentials of the bands storming energies. All in all, Genocide is highly recommended to all of those who like death metal music when its polished and brutal at the same time. And your homework is to find out if the song Message to M.A.R.I.O. was written to .... ?
1. Genocide
2. Schism
3. Message to M.A.R.I.O.
4. Non Adapted Socially
5. Oanic In A Sea Of Blood
6. Inflow (Thought From Outside)
7. Non Typical Home
8. Rapist's Victim
9. Sentence (to die)
10. Temptation Of A Crime
11. Murder (You Are)
12. Living Bomb
Official Yattering Website
Candlelight Records
