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Rating: The Polish Decapitated are a relatively young ensemble but have been part of the extreme European scene for a good while. Precisely since 2000, the year they debuted with "Winds of Creation", followed by two other good albums like "Nihility" (2002) and "The Negation" (2004) which made us recognize them as an honest death metal band still devoted to the masters, Morbid Angel.
However, it is in 2006 with this platter called "Organic Hallucinosis" that they make the so-called leap in quality. Starting from a base still anchored to the death metal stylings, these Poles inject their sound with "dangerous Meshugga-like inflections", both in terms of rhythms and especially in the riffing, which remains very complex and "groovy" in my opinion. Listen to tracks like "A poem about an old prison man" with an opening riff that will literally make you jump, or "Post(?)Organic" (the best on the album) which seems straight out of albums like "Chaosphere" or "Nothing" and presents both in the main riffs and the solo parts clear references to the style of a certain Fredrik Thordendal.
A song like "Revelation of existence (The trip)" further has a certain "Voivodian" quality in its damnably groovy progress, and "Day69" or "Invisible control" certainly don't go unnoticed, combining the brutality of death metal with breathtaking and syncopated breaks by drummer Vitek, who surely draws inspiration from guys like Tomas Haake or Raymond Herrera. The change in vocals with this album certainly influenced this shift in sound: the killer screaming (in this case Jens Kidman or Mike Di Salvo can be taken as comparisons) of the new singer Covan (also present in the death metallers Atrophia Red Sun) fits this music better than the monotonous growl of the previous singer Sauron. Special mention goes to the production, undoubtedly the best the combo has enjoyed so far, powerful and sharp, highlighting all the instruments. In my opinion, the album's short length, presenting 7 tracks in just over half an hour of music, does not impact its quality.
This CD establishes the four Poles as one of the most interesting entities in the European extreme scene and as one of those bands to keep an eye on for the future…
Tracklist Lyrics and Videos
02 Day 69 (03:14)
The shaft of daylight melts dirty panes.
The stench of life pulls them out from their dreams.
Those living wastes on the streets outside.
Woken up again with no place to hide!
Daily food like shit and beer, and this taste is stronger than heroin!
I open cardboard to see (Waclaw Kieltyka - Guitar Solo)
As a river of shit pours over me.
The secretions of city mass machine.
Sewers running through my veins. (Witold Kieltyka - Drum Solo)
The shaft of daylight melts dirty panes.
The stench of life pulls them out from their dreams.
Those living wastes on the streets outside.
Woken up again with no place to...
05 Visual Delusion (05:55)
Bastard lizard, lick my wounds!
Lucid dream our world turns to chaos.
Demonic shadows floating in blood waiting for me to fall asleep.
Inside my head an outstanding pain!
Millions of voices screaming for help.
Their venom poured all over me, an essence so powerful it destroys.
My visions flounder, deep in the whirl of blood storm, see, feel and smell, plastic jesus nailed to the cross(x2)
Doom, nihility, holocaust comes, the cataclysm I have feared, comes.
Doom, nihility, holocaust comes.(Break) (Waclaw Kieltyka)
My visions flounder, deep in the whirl of blood storm, see, feel, and smell plastic jesus, nailed to the cross(x2)
Doom, nihility, holocaust comes, the cataclysm I have feared, comes
Doom, nihility, holocaust comes.
(Doom, nihility, holocaust comes, the cataclysm I have feared comes now)
Cutting my veins, infecting my brain.
Burn my throat, burn my eyes.
Throbbing pain, throbbing brain.
Heavy lids, heavy thoughts...
Doom, nihlity, holocaust comes, the cataclysm I have feared comes.
06 Flash-B(l)ack (03:41)
Black worms and exclamations
Challange of spoken lies
Holocaust - filled greed and ignorane
The betrayal of human laws
Eruption of pain
Infection of sensual sickness
What are our secret fears?
Black in snow of ice tears...
Screams of lust echo through the earth
Striving for that final truth
Beckoning it with our call
Ignored by pain and misery
Beyond the bounds we flow
Searching for the exit
Goats under mass hypnosis
(only) symbols of rape remain
07 Invisible Control (04:44)
Faceless faces in the "net"
Sleepless watchers of mankind (us)
The society of "chosen ones"
(No) traces left behind
Masked by mist and mystery
Dim lit heads, the masterminds
Transparent faces - silent control
Yet knowing - the unknown
Motionless spawns, governors of life
Hold sway over the earth... (eternally)
Hidden faces, superior command
Owners (of the) portal, of mass control
Rulers of thisplanet. Lord of the flies (us!)
Raging wars, spreading lies, in control, over mankind.
We the slaves. We the mass (We the flies)
Knowing nothing in the hands of imaginary gods.
Rulers of this planet. Lord of the flies (us!)
Raging wars, spreading lies, in control, over mankind.
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