This projects very name was a key selling point for me. Not as trippy as you might think give their name, It came out back in January, so just catching up with it. The vocals are a more forceful exclamation, than growling. If you told me that this was a creation of AI, I would believe you as it takes all the elements you would expect from metal if you were trying to explain it to a robot. Forceful vocals, aggression guitar with a great deal of technical merit, and precise hammering drums which as certainly programmed on this album. This kid of generic middle ground would certainly appeal to fans of a band like Gojira whose sound has been homogenized over the years.
In some ways the problem with this album is not what was recorded here, but my expectations of what that would be as I had been led to believe it was black metal. Perhaps in the same way newer Behemoth is black metal, in that it's not. There is a more anthemic chug driving "Pulsing Larvae". There are more melodic elements that continue to bubble up, in the form of singing, and greater nuance in the guitar parts. "Biome of Decay" reminds me more of Strapping Young Lad, though the melodic vocals in the chorus have more in common with Devin's other solo work. It is well done, but not dark enough for me personal tastes.
"the Tree that Died in it's Sleep" is much more melodic as it flows from a sung verse to a darker heavier chorus of sorts that works more for me making it perhaps the album's best song so far. "Myxomatosis' is more progressive in more of a Cattle Decapitation manner, but also less focused. "Coniferous' is a ballad that feels more like an interlude. The last song feels like anything you might hear from a more experimental local metal band at any dive bar on a Thursday night. The vocals more Slayer like in their shout. I will give this album an 8.5, as it's much better than expected for this kind of middle of the road metal, as it benefits from it's adventurous streak.
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