Friday, January 2, 2009

So Sick It Hurts: Origin - "Antithesis"

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Holy fuck.

Technically, I could just end the review right there. I mean, you already know this album falls under a "So Sick It Hurts," so you should already be on your way to buy it, but adding a review with only the words "holy" and "fuck," in that order, should get the point across. But I love you all too much to throw up a two word review, so I'm going to continue on.

This album is about as brutal as it gets. I think technical death metal is super rad, so, believe it or not, I also think this album is super rad. Funny how that works. This record is just plain destructive. At every turn, there seems to be something waiting to bludgeon you over the head. It's kind of like when you were younger, and you just got Doom for your computer, and you still kind of sucked at it so you would walk around with that fear in the back of your mind that imps were going to rush out of the next room and massacre you. Then sure enough, that exact thing happened. Remember? Yeah, you remember.

Origin just knows what's up. They know the kids want technicality, but they don't want to sacrifice rage. They also know that pummeling speed is a necessity, so they make sure that plenty of that was added to this bad boy. They also know that weird alien-looking covers are cool. Alright, maybe they aren't that cool, but I'll take it.

Just listen to this. Words aren't going to get you headbanging.

The video for "Finite." Check out how goofy they look.

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