Heterogeneous Andead - Deus Ex MacHina (Review)

"Extreme Metal" - as many associations with these words. This is a very convenient platform for many bad musicians - speed can hide many shortcomings. Yes, when you hit the wall at over 200 bpm, then you will not want to notice all shades. For this reason, I'm very reluctant to listen extreme metal. Usually it can be melodic death metal, for example, Nameless One or Galmet.

My Rating: 70/100

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But this band interested me. I listened enthusiastically to this album from beginning to end. Really. I did't miss a single second. But my expectations were justified only partially. I assumed that this release would be more interesting. But this does't negate the fact of having a great talent.

As usual, we start with the general. Here we hear thrash / death metal with a lot of synthesizers. All songs are performed at high speed. Last track is an exception. All parts can't be called diverse. There were high hopes for the ninth track, which lasts 9:44 - I assumed that there will be something progressive here. But I was wrong: here is just a little longer guitar solo.

Vocalist. Here we hear the standard structure of extreme vocalist parts - growl on verse, clean on chorus. And this is on all songs. Structure of vocal parts does't change - this is a negative point. With growl everything is clear, but clean is something interesting. Vocalist tries to portray opera singing. I can't say that it's done well. But this can be considered an adornment of album.

First instrumentalist who meets the listener is guitarist. But first I paid attention to keyboards. A very large variety of synthesizers. The main part of my rating I give for a keyboards. It's makes each composition unique. The only thing that's bad is that very quiet in mix. It was necessary to increase the volume. Such interesting parts for this instrument, but it's hard to hear. However, guitarist does the job well too. But guitar parts are monotonous. Crazy solos perfectly dilute this stream of boredom. Guitarist of this band is a very cool dude. But the bet on guitar did not justify itself.

I also can't call bassist parts very interesting. In the ninth track, bassist has a small melodic segment, but that's not enough. And drum parts are completely monotonous. For a drummer this album is a solid skank-beat. In the fourth, sixth and early ninth tracks, we hear a wide variety of drum parts. On this variety ends, but tracks in album are ten.

On one side, it's cool: higher speed - higher level of skill required. On other side, it's bad: not enough just to drive at full speed, road can be bumpy. Everyone will decide for themselves whether it's good or bad. But I decided this way: band has good abilities, but it's necessary to work seriously on composition structure. They do everything right, but a broader view is needed.