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Review from: mylastchapter.net 2/18/09
Quinta Essentia - Archetypal transformation CD
Genre: Black/death/thrash metal
Origin: USA
Released: 2008
Website: Quinta Essentia
Label: Deathgasm Records
Uploaded: 18.02.09
So, the second album by these American lads, and the follow-up to Neutrality for defined chaos, an album I liked but didn’t love. But they’ve had a couple of years to develop and mature, which they certainly have. With Archetypal transformation they present a talented band with a nack for writing complex and diverse metal.
It doesn’t take more than half a second before my interest kicks in,
just the opening riffing gets my attention. And before the first minute
is over I’m in awe. This is so bloody rad! Black, thrash and death
metal are being widely thrown about. Not a single track go by without
major tempo changes, as the frantic blasting suddenly slows down into
(still frantic) technicality, just to turn into a hellish break with
clean vocals chilling your spine. The ferocious scream carries such a
freaking raspy undertone, and when it switches into the sudden clean
outbursts I get goosebumps. And I’m still just on the first track,
which just switched into a mid-tempo, old school thrash guitar solo-bit…
This is nothing short of killer. I’m extremely impressed by the natural
flow, no matter which direction the song takes. There are so many
different aspects to the music, so many different tempos, such cool
ideas, awesome vocals, wicked riffing, mind-blowing drumming… It’s like
taking Belphegor, Kult Ov Azazel, Behemoth, Deicide and Impious
all in one. I can’t really explain it, but with all the aspects taken
into consideration this is one diverse album, that flows
oh-so-naturally. I can’t but recommend this to any fan of complex,
technical and brutal metal.
Tracklist:
01. Venom of the pernicious
02. The universal longing
03. Absent illumination (the transgressor)
04. Formative evasion
05. Forgotten but not undreamt
06. Arcane stellar firmament
07. Instinctual human descension
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