COSMOGENESIS

I am genuinely surprised at the extent to which I do not connect to this record. Gru's Cosmogenesis definitely has a reputation as one of the best earliest examples of bedroom instrumental djent. However, when comparing the music here to that of other bedroom djent gods like David Maxim Micic, Chimp Spanner, and early Intervals, I find this record fails to define its own unique character, instead opting for that generic spacey ambience sound employed by countless other instrumental djent acts throughout the decade.

Admittedly, I only hopped onto the djent bandwagon fairly late in 2016 and am only getting to this specific record in 2020 despite it being a classic of the genre from early on. Perhaps I would feel that it was those aforementioned groups that lacked distinct character if I had listened to Gru first. Be that as it may, I won't deny Gru's truly cosmic technical guitar chops. I suspect that had he stuck around and churned out some more records Gru would have developed his sound and produced some more well-rounded progressive metal.