Showing posts with label Mitochondrion. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mitochondrion. Show all posts

Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Mitochondrion/Antinumerology/Krucyator Productions/2017 EP Re-Issue Review


  Mitochondrion  are  a  band  from  Vancouver  B.C,  Canada  that has  been  featured  before  in  this  zine  and  plays  a  bestial  and  dissonant  mixture  of  black  and  death  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2013  ep  "Antinumerology"  which  was  re-issued  in  2017  by  Krucyator Productions.

  A  small  amount  of  clean  playing  is  utilized  before  going  into  more  of  a  heavier  and  brutal  direction  along  with  a  mixture  of  deep  guttural  death  metal  growls  and  black  metal  screams  while  the  riffing  also  utilizes  a  great  amount  of  dissonant  structures  and  melodies  along  with  whispers  being  used  briefly.

  Most  of  the  slower  sections  of  the  songs  add  in  touches  of  doom  metal  while  the  faster  sections  add  in  tremolo  picking,  blast  beats  and  war  metal  elements  along  with  the songs  also  bringing  in  a  mixture  of  slow,  mid  paced  and  fast  parts  and  when  guitar  solos  and  leads  are  utilized  they  are  done  in  a  very  chaotic  fashion,

  On  this  recording  Mitochrondrion  remained  true  to  the  dissonant  mixture  of  black  and  death  metal  that they  are  known  for,  the  production  sounds  very  dark  and  heavy  while  the  lyrics  cover  Apocalypse,  Occultism,  Disease  and  Gnosis  themes.

  In  my  opinion  this was  another  great  sounding  recording  from  Mitochonrion  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  dissonant  black  and  death  metal,  you  should  check  out  this  ep.  RECOMMENDED  TRACK  "Insummation".  8  out  of  10.  

https://krucyator.bandcamp.com/album/antinumerology

Sunday, April 14, 2013

Mitochondrion/Parasignosis/Profound Lore Records/2011 CD Review


  Mitochondrion are  a  band  from  Vancouver  B.C,  Canada  that  plays  a  mixture  of  bestial  black  metal and  occult  death  metal  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2012  album  "Parasignosis"  which  was  released by  Profound  Lore  Records.

  Drums  range  from  slow, mid  paced  to  fast  drumming  with  a  great  amount  of  brutal  sounding  blast beats  being  thrown  into  the  music,  while  the  keyboards  bring  a  very  dark,  evil,  occult,  psychedelic,  and  avant  garde  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  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  riffs  that  combine  bestial black  metal  with  brutal  death  metal  and  really  heavy  dark  doom/death  with  a  good  amount  of  melody  being  thrown  into  the  riffing  as  well  as  some  clean  playing  that  gives  the  musical a  dark  ambient  feeling,  while  the  lead  guitars  are  very  dark,  technical  and  melodic  sounding  black/death  metal  guitar  solos and  leads.

  Vocals  range  from  deep  bestial  black/death  metal  growls  to  high pitched  screams,  while  the  lyrics  cover  Apocalypse,  Occultism,  Disease  and  Gnosis,  as  for  the  production  it  has  a  very  strong,  powerful,  heavy  and  dark  sound  with  some  of  the  songs  being  long  and  epic  in  length.

  In  my  opinion Mitochondrion    are  a  very  great  sounding  hybrid  of  occult,  bestial  black,  brutal  death and  dark  doom  metal  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  those  musical genres,  you  should  check  out  this  band.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Plague  Evokation"  "Trials"  and  "Banishment  (Undecaphosphoric)'  RECOMMENDED  BUY.

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