The self-proclaimed kings of "Rocky Mountain hydro grind" are back and they mean buisness. After unleashing two of the finest piece of grindcore that I have ever heard in 2005's Anomalies and 2007's Xenosapien I was eagerly awaiting Misled By Certanity. My exictement hightened after seeing them at Summer Slaughter last month where they played 3 new tracks that all sounded great. Misled By Certainity is sadly a bit of a dissapointment.
Celphalic Carnage really pulled out all the stops with this album. They have always a grind band with a lot of influences that makes unique but this time I think they used every influence they have and then some. There is tech-death("The Incorrigible Flame","Abraxis Of Filth"), there is 30-second grind spazz-outs("Pure Horses","P.G.A.D") and some completely out there tracks that you can't even begin to comprehend("When I Arrive","Repangea"). I really appreciate the experimentation on this record but sometime it just goes overboard. I mean at times this record gives Nachtmystium a run for their money in the over ambitious what the fuck moments.
Cephalic Carnage still hit some of the right notes on this record. Its technically spectacular and precise. The guitarwork is blistering when it needs to be and the time changes are executed seemlessly. The drumming is also at an extremely high level and I find John Merryman to be a very underrated drummer. Easily the best moments of this record are the grind tracks. Cephalic Carnage was pretty much born to make spazzy grindcore, they are way too good at.
Misled By Certainity is a good but dissapointing record. At times this record is a very good death-grind record at other times it is a boring,over-ambitious god knows whats record. Cephalic Carnage is still one of the best grind bands on the scene their track record proves that but Misled By Certainity is not one of there finer works.
3.5/5 Stars
Standout Tracks
1.Pure Horses
2.The Incorrigible Flame
3.Warbots A.M
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