Ok, lets get back into the Death Metal swing of things. Anomalous are part of the recent wave of "California Progressive Space Death" along with Arkaik, Element, and Fallujah. Although trendy, I do generally enjoy this style, and Anomalous do it very well. Completely engorged with riffs and beats, they know just when to inject a small section of groove or melody for you to grab onto. Of course, 10 seconds later your brain will be shredded once again by another hailstorm of notes. There's also a variety of speeds represented here, so you don't have to worry about an outright blast-a-thon ala Braindrill. What you might not expect is a strong Meshuggah influence in riffing and obvious use of 8-string guitars. I actually think their riffs are a little more interesting than Meshuggahs, and well beyond these teenage "Djent" bands. There maybe a million bands doing this sort of thing right now, but how many of them are good? This one is.
worst album cover of 2011? probably...
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