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If this album was a statue, it would be a stoic and muscular
figure carved from solid marble standing atop some legendary hill in a fairly
important city. Not unlike many other statues, but yet no less impressive when
enjoyed on its own. Upon closer inspection, though, one would notice some
taint ; some streak of vileness which corrupts an otherwise fine piece of art.
In plain terms, Odyssey of Fate is gruff death-core in the Dying Fetus vein
with one critical and unbelievable flaw: scratching turntables! Yes, those rap
influences which have slowly dripped into the red blood of death metal have
finally grown into an unignorable virus of a sound on this album. The riffs
are tough, there are swift blastbeats, guttural vocals and catchy structures,
and suddenly: RUN-DMC in tha house. Why?! "Cut 63" will appeal to fans of
Spanish gore/death with its pig-like squeal/grunt vocal combos, while
"Smoke" contains some bass popping and triplet hyper-blasts worthy of any
Cryptopsy album. The guitar work shines on "State of Violence", as does the
bass in "People Never Change" like the gold chains of some fool in a
Mercedes SUV, and I again wonder why anyone would allow the trappings of such
a shameful subculture to permeate the metal realms. From the sparse liner
information, I gather that the person(s) behind this album are from France.
This had better not be some "death-hop"
portent.
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