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Band: Echidna
Album: Manifests Of Human Existence
Year: 2010
Style: Progressive Death Metal
The Manifests Of Human Existence " that Theo gave to me, i expect to have good music but do not on any case to be presented with something so extraordinary. To compare this album with death or some other bands which I would mention will not offer anything ,just inside this album there are too many elements reminiscent the paths pursued by Chuck Schuldiner. So we start with the Whispers, death prog with many thrash elements, beautiful melodies, powerful guitars with catalyst technic. ‘’Political Sickness’’ we found inside more traditional sounds, closer to pure old thrash death but always with a touch of melodic prog-point , truly a very beautiful song. The ‘’Grieving Silence’’ attempts to uncover various aspects and influences of the Echidna band. Something from slayer, from deicide something special on vocals, something from planet caravan (pantera), from old Sepultura or maybe a little bit of Obituary, like it anyway is an expressive piece soaked in multiple melodies. Fourth song ‘’Dogma of Cain’’ but inevitably I would say Dogma of Death, bass guitars, drums all in excitement, a seven-minutes song with constant changes, inspired solos, beautiful passages, but also an interesting mystery closure that acts as a bridge to the next song of the ‘’Tractatus’’ which consists of three parts, Act 1,2 and 3. In Act 1 we have essentially the introduction of the song, quite chaotic, quite psychedelic. In Act 2 is a progressive tribute, quality quality quality music written for musicians. Ups and downs to stave tensions and feelings, escaping completely from the first songs I would say closer to ‘’Rush’’ to ‘’Satriani to ‘’Dream Theater’’ with fantastic flushing unbridled explosiveness. In Act 3 of the ‘’Tractatus’’ outro maybe, maybe not, the we find a tombstone composed with keys ,brass and drums (worked with keyboards). The next song close to seven minutes too ‘’Pendulum’’, a dynamite direct expansion, while explosion of rage carved in the majestic worlds, a ‘’super-fast’’ of feelings which accelerating or slowing where it is necessary as just to make you a mentally incapable of deviations from the course. However, the ultimate destination would be time-limit of four minutes and a half as from then until six minutes and a half hasn’t something to offer. in ‘’ Human Serpent’’ found another magnificent composition and inspired brought to well treated steel. Name and title which the well was plotting all the brutality and while the contrast within the human existence (Üíèñùðïò from the Üíù èñüóêù and serpent as a concept, etc.). Tenth and final song ‘’In Fathomless Depths’’, progressive with several industrial components strange sonic combinations with a general chaotic feeling found only in jazz music. Yet there are signs that the boycott attempt to characterize the song as well as every time there bursts abruptly broke you out a slide, I could not figure out if I liked it or not but it certainly made me hear it too many times as it pulling my interest.
I finally decided that it is a beautiful work that can not be viewed as a simple album but as a source of extreme expressiveness, Echidna amply demonstrate through this album, how much can coexist many kinds of feelings as much as opposite or not are between them.
Listen again: as many times as more you can
Reviewer: Jim TOT
Album: Manifests Of Human Existence
Year: 2010
Style: Progressive Death Metal
The Manifests Of Human Existence " that Theo gave to me, i expect to have good music but do not on any case to be presented with something so extraordinary. To compare this album with death or some other bands which I would mention will not offer anything ,just inside this album there are too many elements reminiscent the paths pursued by Chuck Schuldiner. So we start with the Whispers, death prog with many thrash elements, beautiful melodies, powerful guitars with catalyst technic. ‘’Political Sickness’’ we found inside more traditional sounds, closer to pure old thrash death but always with a touch of melodic prog-point , truly a very beautiful song. The ‘’Grieving Silence’’ attempts to uncover various aspects and influences of the Echidna band. Something from slayer, from deicide something special on vocals, something from planet caravan (pantera), from old Sepultura or maybe a little bit of Obituary, like it anyway is an expressive piece soaked in multiple melodies. Fourth song ‘’Dogma of Cain’’ but inevitably I would say Dogma of Death, bass guitars, drums all in excitement, a seven-minutes song with constant changes, inspired solos, beautiful passages, but also an interesting mystery closure that acts as a bridge to the next song of the ‘’Tractatus’’ which consists of three parts, Act 1,2 and 3. In Act 1 we have essentially the introduction of the song, quite chaotic, quite psychedelic. In Act 2 is a progressive tribute, quality quality quality music written for musicians. Ups and downs to stave tensions and feelings, escaping completely from the first songs I would say closer to ‘’Rush’’ to ‘’Satriani to ‘’Dream Theater’’ with fantastic flushing unbridled explosiveness. In Act 3 of the ‘’Tractatus’’ outro maybe, maybe not, the we find a tombstone composed with keys ,brass and drums (worked with keyboards). The next song close to seven minutes too ‘’Pendulum’’, a dynamite direct expansion, while explosion of rage carved in the majestic worlds, a ‘’super-fast’’ of feelings which accelerating or slowing where it is necessary as just to make you a mentally incapable of deviations from the course. However, the ultimate destination would be time-limit of four minutes and a half as from then until six minutes and a half hasn’t something to offer. in ‘’ Human Serpent’’ found another magnificent composition and inspired brought to well treated steel. Name and title which the well was plotting all the brutality and while the contrast within the human existence (Üíèñùðïò from the Üíù èñüóêù and serpent as a concept, etc.). Tenth and final song ‘’In Fathomless Depths’’, progressive with several industrial components strange sonic combinations with a general chaotic feeling found only in jazz music. Yet there are signs that the boycott attempt to characterize the song as well as every time there bursts abruptly broke you out a slide, I could not figure out if I liked it or not but it certainly made me hear it too many times as it pulling my interest.
I finally decided that it is a beautiful work that can not be viewed as a simple album but as a source of extreme expressiveness, Echidna amply demonstrate through this album, how much can coexist many kinds of feelings as much as opposite or not are between them.
Listen again: as many times as more you can
Reviewer: Jim TOT
