The Amenta - V01D
I don’t remember why anymore, but for some reason, I was really looking forward to checking out V01D, even though I’d never heard of The Amenta before. Maybe I had hoped that these Aussies would sound like The Project Hate MCMXCIX. As usual, no such luck. The title track is apparently the only new song on this nearly 59-minute “EP,” and is a good example of melodic Death Metal, and quite enjoyable for its duration. Hopefully this is indicative of the future direction of the band, because almost all of the other songs (taken from the previous albums) sound like a blast-beat drum machine programming seminar (even though The Amenta’s drummer is human, but the drums are processed as fuck) in the conference room right next to the “annoying riffs” symposium. Except for the Ambient parts. And the “remixes.” And, thankfully, the cover of Armoured Angel’s “Enigmatize,” which is, along with the song “V01D,” really the only reason to ever listen to this. Seriously, the other tracks don’t even sound like the same band. It’s absolutely weird. And frustrating, because The Amenta has a tendency to be really impressive for a few seconds at a time, before trying something goofy like overdriving the otherwise excellent vocals, or the aforementioned stupid-riff/drumming-masturbation-frenzy combo. I do, however, possess fast-forward and next-track technology, so it’s easy enough to convert V01D from a disappointing, confusing hour, to an amazing 13 minutes. Sometimes less really is more.
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