Cusp of Evil,
Embrional's debut, released four years ago on
Old Temple, had garnered ok reviews. Ranging from the promising to the somewhat positive, the band had showed potential but, unlike many bands that prove their point with their first release,
Embrional had failed to attract too much attention at the time (too many interludes, a tad bit too generic though well executed).
As I just wrote, many bands usually make their point when releasing their debut… but it usually (not always, mind you) goes downward after this. This was true back in the early 90s and still is nowadays. So there was room for progression for
Embrional’s sophomore release and eventually the promise that we wouldn’t be faced with another disappointment like
Ebola’s own sophomore (wtf!?).
Verdict?
Embrional’s
Absolutely Anti-Human Behaviors (AA-HB) surpasses in every way
Cusp of Evil.
Embrional delivers very occult and dark Death
Metal with a welcome twist on brutality. I guess the best way to describe their newest opus is to picture the perfect wedding between
Azarath’ Blasphemers’
Malediction and
Gorguts’
Obscura. Yes, you read that very well. Though it may be a bit too early to confirm
Azarath' latest effort as a cult masterpiece, it was certainly praised by most in the community and I assume, I hope, that I don't need mentioning how influential and quintessential an album
Obscura is?
Taking the brutality and technical efficiency of the former, they mix it with the dissonantly epic and dark atmospheres of the latter. Which makes it even more perfect for everyone and especially those who thought that
Gorguts’ masterpiece lacked somehow in musicality. The songs on AA-HB display tortured riffing with inspired blast beats and soli, a trademark in the Polish school. They don't just blast their way to hell as the guys of
Embrional know that to maintain the right pressure consistently, a few breaks (here often in the form of "acoustic" interludes) are welcome.
To top an already appetizing cake,
Vermin of the
Earth, the ending track on AA-HB, goes even further in dissonance and the final riffing sounds as it if were coming from the not less tortured minds of
Portal minus the murky and suffocating production of the Aussies.
And Marcin,
Embrional’s singer, sounds even like
Immolation’s Ross Dolan. Oh… I guess I need to change pants!
Replay value? Great, fantastic, the more you will play the record the more it will grow on you and you will find subtleties amid the tsunami’s rage that weren’t so obvious on the first spins. To be perfectly honest, in
2012, AA-HB may well be a solid contender for the best Death
Metal album and this is the perfect reminder for all those bands that think a few low keys and an old-school sound may be enough to sound evil. Real Death
Metal comes from the darkness that we all grow in until it has to be released. Bands that forget this have not grasped the essence of this music. It took
Embrional a second effort to achieve this enlightened state , but it was damn well worth the wait.
PS : Hails and thanks to the Polska Supremacist! You know who you are!
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