Distorted Cognitions/Incipient/2012 Cassette Review

  This  is  a  review  of  a  cassette  from  Distorted  Cognitions  which  continues  their  drone,  depressive  black  metal  hybrid  which  was  released  in  2012  called  "Incipient"  which  also  has  their  2009  ep  "Shadows".

  Drums   programming  when  they  are  utilized  are  all  slow  beats,  while  there  are  some  sound  effects  that  are  used  at  times  and  they  bring  in  more  noise,  ambient  and  drone  elements  to  the  recording  with  the  second  ep  being  mostly  in  that  direction  with  little  use  of  guitars  and  vocals  except  for  some  parts.

  Rhythm  guitars  are  all  slow  riffs  that  combine  depressive  black  metal  with  drone  and  doom  metal to  create  a  sound  of  their  with  the  riffing  being  dark  and  primitive  sounding  along  with  a  good  amount  of  heavy  distortion  and  there  are  no  guitar  solos  or  leads  present  on  this  recording.

  Vocals  are  all  grim  sounding  and  high  pitched  black  metal  screams,  while  the  song  times  cover  metaphysical, nihilism,  and  philosophical  themes,  as  for  the  production  it  has  a  very  dark,  raw  and  primitive  sound  to  it.

  In  my  opinion  this  is  another  great  sounding  recording  from  Distorted  Cognitions  and  if  you  are  a fan  of  depressive  black,  drone,  ambient  and  doom,  you should  check  out  this  cassette.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Quantum  Doctrine"  "The Constraint  Of  Metaphysics"  "Nihilistic  Foundation"  and  "Vigor  Axiom".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.

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Distorted Cognitions/Synthesis/2012 CD Review

  This  is  another  review  of  a  recording  from  South  Carolina's  Distorted  Cognitions  with  the  music  continuing  their  hybrid  of  depressive  black  metal,  doom  and  drone  with  the  album  being  self  released  and  called  "Synthesis".

  Drum  programming  are  all  slow  beats  that  have  some  influences  from  underground  electronic  music,  while  the  bass  playing  has  a  very  dark  tone  with  riffs  that  follow  the  riffing  that  are  coming out  of  the  guitars,  as  for  the  sound  effects  which  are  only  used  briefly  they  bring  an  experimental  and  avant  garde  sound to  the  recording.

  Rhythm  guitars  are  all  slow  riffs  that  combine  depressive  black  metal,  doom  and  drone  together  to  create  a  sound  of  their  own  with  some  distorted  parts  being  used  at  times  and  there  are  no  guitar  solos  or  leads  present  on  this  recording.

  Vocals  are  all  high  pitched  depressive  black  metal  screams,  while  the  song  themes  cover  philosophical,  metaphysical  and  Hegelian  topics,  as  for  the  production  it  has  a  very  dark,  raw  and  primitive  sound  to  it  with  some  songs  being  long  and  epic  in  length.

  In  my  opinion  this  is  another  great  sounding recording  from Distorted  Cognitions  and  if you  are  a  fan  of  depressive  black  metal,  drone  and  doom  metal,  you  should  check  out  this  album.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Vorben"  "Hegelian  Dialectic"  "Tanscendental  Ratio"  and  "Mass  Action".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.

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Distorted Cognitions/Reduction/2011 CD Review

  Distorted Cognitons  are  a  band  from  South  Carolina  that  plays  a  very  drone  sounding  form  of  depressive  black/doom  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  self  released  2012  album  "Reduction".

  Drum programming  are  all  slow  beats, while  the  synths  bring  a  very  dark  ambient  drone  sound  to the recording,  as  for  the  bass  playing  it  has  a  very  dark  tone  with  riffs  that  follow  the  riffing  that  are  coming  out  of  the  guitars.

   Rhythm  guitars  are  all  slow  riffs  that  combine  depressive  black  metal,  doom  and  drone  together  to  create  a  sound  of   their  own  with  some  raw  and  primitive  elements  and  there  are  no  guitar  solos  or  leads  present  on this  recording.

 Vocals  are  all  high  pitched  depressive  black  metal  screams,  while  the  song  themes  cover  philosophical,  esoteric  and  metaphysical  subjects,  as  for  the  production  it  has  a  very  dark  raw  and  primitive  sound  to  it  with  some  of  the  songs  being  long  and  epic  in  length.

  In  my  opinion  Distorted  Cognitions  are  a  very  great  sounding  hybrid  of  depressive  black  metal,  doom  and  drone  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  musical  genre,  you  should  check  out  this  band.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Empiricist  Criterion"  "Truth  And  Utility"  "Mechanism  Of  Gaia"  and  "Eternity  Opens  As  In  Ancient  Times".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.

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