An Anatomy of the Beast Review
Band | |
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Album | An Anatomy of the Beast |
Type | Album (Studio full-length) |
Released | January 1997 |
Genres | Melodic Death Metal |
Labels | Repulse Records |
Ranked | #36 for 1997 , #1,708 all-time |
Album rating : 93.8 / 100
Votes : 4 (1 review)
Votes : 4 (1 review)
July 27, 2023
Although Intestine Baalism were one of the first significant Death Metal bands from Japan, they sound more like something straight out of Sweden. Dismember and Entombed influence runs rampant in this unholy union of brilliant Melodeath leads and pummeling OSDM riffage. Combining the best of both worlds, the band ensures every track has some fantastic leads that make them memorable and discernable from each other, without ever sacrificing brutality or darkness.
The vast majority of this album is straight up Death Metal, and the lyrics check out. Occultic ramblings of sacrifice and violation paint a picture of a twisted and godforsaken underworld, and the music similarly oozes an evil urgency. Even the melodic aspects of this album are much further towards the “evil” end of the spectrum than Melodeath tends to be. It’s clear here that the band enjoyed and was influenced by OSDM more than anything, but their penchant for writing melodic, memorable leads just happened to be smacked right into the middle of it. Which is actually typical of Japanese-style music; which tend to be on the more melodic side, when not going into full blown Avant-Garde territory.
Everything the album sets out to do, it achieves and does well. Even the acoustic interlude is nicely done. Not a weak moment here, no songs that aren’t amazing.
The vast majority of this album is straight up Death Metal, and the lyrics check out. Occultic ramblings of sacrifice and violation paint a picture of a twisted and godforsaken underworld, and the music similarly oozes an evil urgency. Even the melodic aspects of this album are much further towards the “evil” end of the spectrum than Melodeath tends to be. It’s clear here that the band enjoyed and was influenced by OSDM more than anything, but their penchant for writing melodic, memorable leads just happened to be smacked right into the middle of it. Which is actually typical of Japanese-style music; which tend to be on the more melodic side, when not going into full blown Avant-Garde territory.
Everything the album sets out to do, it achieves and does well. Even the acoustic interlude is nicely done. Not a weak moment here, no songs that aren’t amazing.
Track listing (Songs)
title | rating | votes | ||
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1. | Corporal Celebration | 5:15 | 85 | 1 |
2. | Anatomy of the Beast | 4:28 | 85 | 1 |
3. | Alastor Possess | 3:54 | 85 | 1 |
4. | Cannibal Sodom | 5:43 | 90 | 1 |
5. | Energumenus (The Birth of the Cursed Creations) | 4:48 | 85 | 1 |
6. | Blasphemy Resurrected | 3:40 | 85 | 1 |
7. | A Place Their Gods Left Behind | 6:11 | 90 | 1 |
8. | Burn Thou in Effigy | 1:10 | 80 | 1 |
9. | Tyrant | 4:47 | 85 | 1 |
Line-up (members)
- Seiji Kakuzaki - Vocals, Guitars, Guitars (acoustic), Music
- Atsushi Miyata - Guitars
- Katsumasa Yoshida : Bass
- Takeshi Ohkouchi : Drums, Lyrics
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