Negative-Existence - IRATE ARCHITECT "Visitors" CD

IRATE ARCHITECT "Visitors" CD
[WAR013CD]

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Artist: IRATE ARCHITECT

Title: Visitors

Format: CD

Country: Germany

Genre: Industrial Death Grind

Record Label: War Anthem Records

Whoa! Killer grinding Death Metal from Germany. Irate Architect are about as unrelenting as it gets without falling into the shitty medical guttural grind thing that seems to be so popular right now. Think early Sinister on speed..................

Tracklisting:

1. The Guestroom 02:21
2. The Visitor 03:00
3. Sickening Dolor 01:42
4. Three Times Holy 02:34
5. Coroner Boy 02:32
6. Imported 03:30
7. Bygone 02:22
8. Awareness (Instrumental) 01:37
9. High Pulse Rate 03:07
10. Timber Processing 02:20
11. Seduction 02:14
12. Weeping Eyes 02:41
13. Dead End Eyes 03:15
14. Lonesome Girl 02:46
15. Feeling The Void (Instrumental) 04:00
Total playing time 40:01

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Review:

[Metalrage]

This is truly a rise for IRATE ARCHITECT, from a fairly generic Death/Grind Metal group to an almost iconic modern Death Metal outfit. Truly this is one of the most incredible and professional death metal albums released in a very long time. Right from the start it enthralls you, captivating, unique and very catchy (in a very morbid way), riffs will send you into an involuntary headbanging frenzy. "Visitors" is a product of the unholy matrimony of insane drum patterns and intricate guitar riffs, not to mention the thick and crystal clear production. Let just say that the production on this album is unrivalled in its richness and texture, every instrument is clear and orthogonal. Modern death metal for the ears of a sick youth! Irate Architect is a Wedel/Hamburg, Germany based death metal band. Until now, they only released an EP entitled Born Blood Portrait in 2005, making Visitors their debut full-length.

I actually had a hard time reviewing this disc. Not because of the production, which is fairly good, but because this is music which is hard to understand. All fifteen tracks on Visitors are full of experiments within the technical death metal sound. We get to hear slower and speedy parts, a lot of guitar virtuosity and a large amount of twists, turns and other tricks.

Comparisons that come to mind are for example Visceral Bleeding, in terms of song structures. The slower parts remind me of Cephalic Carnage’s mid-paced work, while the well-present sound of the bass guitar make me think of Irate Architects’ country mates Obscura. Other styles can be heard in the instrumental intermezzo "Awareness", which contains a calm yet creepy atmospheric tune, before the album continues its grind path. During "Seduction" we even get to hear a small jazz influence.

Yep, it seems that this album has all the facets of a varying debut record. Yet, I still have the feeling that there’s something missing. Is it lack of originality? It’s hard to be truly original in today’s metal scene, but from Cephalic Carnage we can say that they are, ‘cause of their epic guitar tones. Lack of catchiness then? The aforementioned Obscura sure plays a lot of striking melodies... a bit too much maybe, but Irate could use some of it, so that you’ll be able to remember and recognize their songs.

Keeping in mind that this is only Irate Architect’s debut album, and trusting on their talent and skills, I can say that they delivered a fine piece of tech-death. A real exhaustion battle. Yet I hope that they’re able to create a more epic and significant record next time, so we can link new bands to them instead of the opposite.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 23 February, 2011.

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