Deadborn - Mayhem Maniac Machine
Considering that Deadborn features ex-members of Necrophagist, it shouldn’t come as much of a surprise that the sprightly titled Mayhem Maniac Machine is little more than an endurance exercise in sterile, mechanical-sounding, brutal Death Metal. Don’t get your Atheist boxers in a bunch, Necrophagist fans. I acknowledge your favorite fretboard scientists’ amazing skill and exhilarating live performance, I merely require songs to be memorable as I’ve reached a stage of the game where pyrotechnics have lost their pizzazz. Deadborn definitely aren’t short of talent either, however, it’s brutal, it’s fast, it isn’t much else. Calculated, unfeeling technicality rapidly stabs in unison with flour-sifter drumming while the vocalist just keeps going on about “cybernetics-this,” “cryonics-that,” a “bionic” here, a “cortex” there. Dude, I’m 33. I don’t speak binary code, man. This is why I change the channel when Star Trek comes on. Mario Petrovic’s vocals are undeniably all-pro. A deep, Frank Mullenesque, intelligible roar with a wealth of deadly potential, should Cybertron ever cease to be his muse. Raymond Babbitt couldn’t tell these songs apart. It’s just an endless series of interchangeable 26-note riffs and robotic snare punishment. When they do attempt to switch up the pace a little, it isn’t enough. By the time you reach the grimy Industrial outro, “Kraftwerk D,” you’ve forgotten who you were listening to. These guys certainly aren’t slouches and this is not a bad record, it’s just mind-numbingly boring.
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