Alchemist - Organasm Relapse
Scott WTD Entertainment

This disc is absolutely phenomenal and very technical metal. Not that pansy-ass technical power metal or other such shit --this is extremely heavy, extremely technical, and extremely good. This is high on my list for "Metal Album of the Year" for sure. Alchemist hail from somewhere down under and take metal to areas it hasn't been before. These guys are all over the place, from crushing rhythms to complex layers of sound to astonishing solo work. The vocals are all over also, from nice and sweet to black metalish vocals to absolutely crushing vox. Shit, I even like the keyboard work on this disc and the bands that use keyboards that I actually like are few and far between. The opening track, "Austral Spectrum", along with the 3 part epic, "Evolution Trilogy", are the highlights of this disc for me. The beginning of "Austral Spectrum", with just a lone djireedoo, (I bet my spell check can't tell me if I got that fuckin' word right), that gets layered over with keyboards and guitars and drums until it's just this massive slab of sonic power that is one of the best openings to a metal CD I've heard in a long time. Especially in this age where it seems every fuckin' band I hear starts all their albums (and in some bands this happens on every damn song) off with samples from "B" movies, war movies, and Quentin Tarantino movies. Oh hell, here's a rant. Enough with the samples you bastards; just quit it. It gives nothing to most songs and it's just a way to make your CD look longer than it actually is. No more goddamn Pulp Fiction samples! No more! If your band uses a damn sample from that movie and you send it to me I will hunt you down. I will have to kill you. I swear. Just stop it now; it's about as gay as covering 80's pop songs. Oh yeah, most bands do that now too. Back to Alchemist ... I want everyone who reads this to check 'em out. This CD is absolute perfection from beginning to end. These guys are setting new standards for heavy music and I guarantee ten years down the road you'll see these guys worshipped by the metal masses like people revere Death today. They are the future of metal music. Total Running Time: 50:44

Scott
WTD Entertainment