Cerebral Contortion – Brain Damage
Track listing:
I feel like I’ve been bludgeoned with
a sledgehammer. From the outset this
album, is relentless in pursuit of thrash metal bliss. With Tynan
Reid on vocals
and rhythm guitar, Cameron Turner lead bass, Matt McIntyre Bass and
Adam
Cinelli drums, Cerebral Contortion has not only put together an
extremely tight
(albeit short – 30 minute) album, they have done it extremely
well.
With all moving parts working in conjunction like a well-oiled
machine, this
album offers short, concise and very fast tempo riffs. That mixed
with the
double-barreled bass duet and continuous double kick (even triple
kick) bass
drums all produced very well by Ryan Huthnance at Emissary Studios,
this album does kick some serious arse.
Apart from the musical rush is a very thoughtful and seriously
written album. It
leads into the title track with a slow tempo riff, just to give you
a false sense of
security …….. then the explosion begins. “Such Heroic Nonsense” is
the second
track damning the warmonger world for its neglect to humanity.
Backing up this
political intent are tracks such as “Caustic Flash” and
“Execution”. “Devouring
Disease” is a warts and all, in your face reality check about the
third world.
“Extinction” and “Urban Renewal” scream at the human race for its
systematic
rape of the earth. With the final track “Body Harvest”, looking
into the future of
stock piling bodies to save lives (well that’s my take on it).
If you could compare this release to anything in the past I’d say
musically it is
very close to Slayer’s - Reign in Blood crossed with a political
slant similar to
Metallica’s - And Justice For All. If you like your thrash (or even
if you don’t), I
suggest you get onto this album.
-- Eugene Crabtree
