And on this album there's a beautiful marriage between the previously mentioned tech-melodic death metal components and a wide range of orchestrations and sound effects. It seems to bring multiple personalities to the music. I always love to see a brutal metal sound combined with influences from other genres. Seeing something like that blend so well into a modern death metal sound always makes me tick. We have both guitar and synth/keyboard solos (There's an amazing duel on "Deus Est Machina") and apart from this there are even clean piano solos, slightly reminding me of Equipoise's crazy piano solos. They're blistering fast but very melodic and hooky, creating shocking moments that are aimed to impress. And the solos might just be where they bring out the most out of their creativity and musicianship. There are also many bombastic moments akin to breakdowns, making use of fuzzy down-tuned guitar sound, penetrating bass and also bringing the electronic effects in to amplify the effect. I particularly enjoyed the tremolo picking parts where the guitar and double bass drums form a massive drilling sound, moving forward in unison.
I feel like the guitars are often a bit buried by the drums, vocals and swarm of synthesizers which is a bit of a bummer cos a closer ear reveals very powerful, dynamic and intricate playing. The drum parts are filled with blast beats and computerized, unhuman double bass.
Bringing in elements of melodic death metal, symphonic metal, progressive and technical chops and a wide range of electronic effects and orchestrations, their latest album, "Technotheism" is both a rampant display of aggression and an elaborate exploration of textures, sounds and melodies.Īs far as the metal elements are concerned, the band mainly relies on melodic death metal riffs and drums but with a strong progressive touch and many extreme technical passages. And since I'm a prog nerd, that's exactly the thing for me. While that assumption wasn't entirely wrong, these guys are onto something a lot more creative and genre-bending. I decided to listen to The Design Abstract expecting a technical-death metal album.
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