Saturday, July 30, 2011

Review #26: Teratological Nightmare - Self Titled [EP]


Album: Self Titled [EP]
Year: 2011
Origin: USA
Genre: Brutal Death Metal/Technical Death Metal/Grindcore 

Tracklist: 
1. Intro 
 2. Ethereal Being
 3. Mephistophelic Command
 4. Hark! The Utopia Crumbles
 5. Malanxia
 6. Phantasmagoria
 7. Reverting To Extinction


Review:

All hail brutality! This is the perfect soundtrack to your nightmares!
Teratological Nightmare are kind of a band that is not for the weak.
The band name's origin is from the Teratology, a word that seems to be an enigma for those who hear it first. 
"Teratology - is the study of abnormalities of physiological development.
In other words, it is the study of birth defects".

But the music of them is anything but an enigma, these guys know what they want to do and they fulfill it to their name - a brew of hellish Brutal Technical Death Metal!
Killing low Death Metal growls accompanied with fast guitar riffs, that have a touch of good old Thrash Metal, this bands slays down their enemies with one sick song after another.
Almost every song is filled with blasting drums and the riffing is kinda rad thrashy, but well fitting to the vocals.
A great point is the low bass, that is pretty good to hear within the songs. This gives an rare sound to all of it! 
An really surprising song is the fifth, entitled "Malanxia". The song is an calm interlude and a perfect opener for the hammering following song "Phantasmagoria", which is leaning back to the calm and slowness of the previous, yet keeping it fast. The song is pretty old school! 

 This band is a real earcandy for Death Metal fans (and also for those, who have listened a lot to it during the past, such as me) 
Check out this extreme composition of bone breaking Death Metal.