Mnemic is a band that entered the death metal scene in 2003. Having toured with such bands as Soilwork, Fear Factory, Machine Head, Chimaira, Hatesphere, Destruction, Death Angel, Darkane, The Forsaken, In Flames, and most recently, God Forbid, Meshuggah, and The Haunted, you would think these guys would get a bit more recognition then what they have. Combining modern Death and Thrash Metal with Industrial Metal, Mnemic’s sound is very unique with many of it’s own surprises. They call themselves “Future Fusion Metal”.
Michael, the vocalists (who left the band in early 2005), has a very unique style and range in both his singing and growling. On tracks like
Deathbox,
Door 2.12 and
Jack Vegas, Michael delivers some very fast, excruciating roars and growls mixed with his raspy clean voice. In the more melodic track,
Overdose In The Hall Of Fame and the remake of the song
Wild Boys (original song by Duran Duran), he uses a very similar style to that of In Flames’ Anders Friden. All in all, Michael's a good vocalist, and very amusing to watch sing in the music video for
Deathbox (you can see the video in the movie Alone In The Dark).
Mircea, Rune (the guitarists) and Obeast (the bassist), are all in all exceptionally talented. However, a lot of the music in
The Audio Injected Soul sounds very similar anc can get very dull at times. Also, a lot of the riffs are creative, but they get very repetitive from track to track. Brylle, the drummer, is also fairly talented, but sounds like he lacks a lot of experience in certain songs. Overall, there is nothing truly special about Mnemic’s music as a whole.
The Audio Injected Soul is a good example of an album that has it’s awesome tracks, and it’s horrible tracks.
Deathbox, by far being the best track on the album, contains some very psychological lyrics, better then average music (for Mnemic), and some very talented vocal work from Michael. Other songs like
Dreamstate Emergency,
Door 2.12,
Illuminate,
Jack Vegas, and
The Silver Drop are also exceptionally well done tracks. However, some tracks like
Sane Vrs. Normal and
Mindsaver are a complete and udder disaster in both structure and flow. The two ‘acoustics’,
Overdose In The Hall Of Fame and
Wild Boys are pretty good songs if you can tolerate Michael’s sometimes out of tune clean vocals and the extreme trance feel to the songs with the occasional bursts of riffs and drum beats. Also note that
The Audio Injection is just a 42 sc. intro to the actual first track,
Dreamstate Emergency.
Pros
-- Michael’s unique vocal style
-- A lot of very creative riffs
-- Deathbox
Cons
-- A lot of tracks sound the same
-- Michael’s unique vocal style
-- Sane Vrs. Normal
Track Ratings:
1. The Audio Injection (N/A)
2. Dreamstate Emergency (4/5)
3. Door 2.12 (4.5/5)
4. Illuminate (4/5)
5. Deathbox (5/5)
6. Sane Vrs. Normal (3/5)
7. Jack Vegas (4/5)
8. Mindsaver (3/5)
9. Overdose In The Hall Of Fame (4.5/5)
10. The Silver Drop (5/5)
11. Wild Boys (4/5)
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Originally Posted by Mnemic’s The Audio Injected Soul
NOTICE! The Audio Injection & Deathbox contain AM3D.
The AM3D positional headphone technology presents a way of improving the sound experience. Using binaural techniques, the sound is processed to localize a single sound to a specific location in three-dimension space around the listener.
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