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1. Ingesting Blattaria
2. Cretaceous Chasm
3. Vermicular Asphyxiation
4. A Sting Operation: I. Human Barbequed
5. A Sting Operation: II. Cessation Sanitation
6. A Sting Operation: III. Seeing Dead People
7. A Sting Operation: IV. Omitting Eyes
| Ranking: #95 for 2011 | |
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| Summary: Blotted Science balance near-perfectly between “random” and “organized” musical instrument shredding. |
11 of 12 thought this review was well written
The realm of insects has always been an intriguing site for observation, from the very first day that humans laid their eyes onto them. The complex social patterns of migration and communication which exist within the myriads of their distinctive species is currently a subject of intense scientific research for an extremely diverse spectrum of physical and social sciences, ranging from Anthropology to Biology to Mathematics/Optimization. In fact, mathematicians were deeply inspired by the way information is being propagated within the communities of insects such as ants or bees, so as to invent bio-inspired optimization algorithms that simulate these mechanisms of information propagation among insects, in order to solve increasingly complex real-world problems of engineering, financial or social interest.
Baring the aforementioned in mind, it is really not such a big surprise that Ron Jarzombek decided, with his turn, to draw inspiration from the motion of insects for the new Blotted Science EP, named after the explicative title The Animation of Entomology and decorated with the appropriately fitting cover artwork. The surprise is that, in The Animation of Entomology, Blotted Science manage to maintain a near-perfect balance between “random” musical instrument shredding (“A Sting Operation” song series) and “organized” song structures (first three songs), with the latter part being quite memorable after repeated listens. In that way, the band succeeds in pleasing their respective fan base who like both or just one of the two aforementioned song writing trends. The extreme metal influences (prog thrash/death in the vein of bands like Mekong Delta, Cynic, Death and Meshuggah) are manifested from both the insane rhythm section of Alex Webster (Cannibal Corpse) and Hannes Grossmann (Obscura) and the equally demented lead/rhythm guitar riffs and keyboards of Ron Jarzombek. Needless to say, the sound production is stellar, although the rhythm guitars could use the extra volume.
With The Animation of Entomology, Blotted Science continue to excel in their craft, while they project the complex nature of their music to similar events and phenomena occurring in nature. Aside from being a fantastic soundtrack for the observation of insects, this EP is more food on the table for the fans that just can’t get enough off their extreme prog metal.
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Album Rating: 4.5
Ingesting Blattaria:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UjnD3EXZSE
Cretaceous Chasm:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9p9zVIR-gwg&feature=related
Vermicular Asphyxiation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4ZV5J2fElU&feature=related
A Sting Operation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61ZlZlZV51g
Constructive criticism is most welcome.
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hell yeah
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nice review bro
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First three songs are quite memorable, despite their extreme complexity.
This is a critical accomplishment for the band.
"A Sting Operation" is pure madness, a sin that all extreme progsters are allowed to do per each record.
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m/m/m/m/m/m/m/m/m/m/m/m/
btw great review
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machinations is awesome
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yeah alex webster mentioned they were working on something when i talked to him
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oh man gotta gotta gotta get this
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kick ass review bro
short and sweet just how I like it
album shreds giz everywhere, real deal prog metal instr. here
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album rules, awesome review
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When the hell did this drop? I MUST HAVE THIS
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get on it krig, not too long ago
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High tech playing album, nothing more in my opinion
Good review Voivod
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@TheNotrap
I understand where you are coming from with this, I usually don't quite fancy instrumental tech rock/metal albums as well, but every now and then comes an album that's worthy of the extra attention.
Such an album worthy of attention, was Liquid Tension Experiment's second effort.
At first I was sceptic about this as you are, but it is a grower.
The first three songs become memorable with repeated listens.
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^true dat
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Real cool record. Sounds a lot better than the average guitar wankery album.
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Sounds a lot better than the average guitar wankery album.
this
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ghost neg (or not?)...
Oh well...
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Shittt i really enjoyed their first album, ill definitely have to check this out. POS
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