Necronomitron - s/t
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From the seemingly bottomless pit of Providence weirdo rock bands comes Necronomitron, riff-hungry heathens with a medieval axe to grind against the ears of the dissenting public. Another example of metal escaping the cliché-ridden rules that can have a binding stranglehold on the genre, this self-titled debut takes fuzzed-out dual leads to mach speed, with guitars climbing spiral-staircases of notes only to reach their apexes in slower, sludgy bits with vocals either screamed or sung in a creepy falsetto fashion. Like metal come up from, literally, the underground, encrusted with dirt and grime, Necronomitron burst forth with a fury, screaming through the trees only to erupt into sudden choruses of tortured ghost song. If Necronomitron have a tragic flaw, it's the same one that afflicts many of their ilk, namely that the fast and furious onslaught of notes, notes, and more notes can feel one-dimensional and the speed and dexterity of the guitar work can only impress for so long. Such shortcoming can be saved or exaggerated by a band's songwriting, and while Necronomitron aren't able to completely save themselves form this pitfall, there is enough variety throughout the disc that it's not a one-listen special. As a bridge between the worlds of technical metal and Providence's grimy gutters, Necronomitron might not be spanning heretofore unmapped land, but they've make enough of their own dirty mark on the music to alleviate that concern.
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