MALIGNANT REALITY

Such a good work encourages and motivates us. A New Jersey-based technical death metal combo REPLICANT have already been sorta experienced project (active for almost a decade) but "Malignant Reality" was released as their second full-length opus in 2021. I've bumped into them on the Bandcamp website and got immersed in their consistent attitude in this creation.

The prologue "Caverns Of Insipid Reflection" is a dynamo. Outstanding power and energy should knock you down to the earth. You can enjoy and get absorbed in complicated rhythmic and melodic mixtures, lacking unity. The more ununited their musical circumstances are, the more attractive their soundscape will be, mysteriously. "Coerced To Be" is full of their fascinating musical essence - Authentic art metallic appearances and AxCx-ish audaciously quirky quickness. This track is stuffed fully with their great intention and character. Anyway in "Rabid Future" mystic flavour launched via twin guitars in the former part is pretty charming like an oasis in a huge desert. Regardless of a horrible title, "Death Curse" is kinda mischievous stuff with the cheap synthesizer-based opening, the main course is their flagship though. Amazing is such a musical, melodic, rhythmic diversity.

Yes there is not only crazy speedy but also stabilized down to the earth. You can notice it whilst listening to "Ektoskull" blended with downtempo dark industrial metal preciosity and upbeated flamboyant instrumental technology. Sounds like all instruments, especially guitars run around and around in the three-time 'short' track. And such a vigorous reverberation is followed by the epilogue "The Ubiquity Of Time". The longest last run is extreme and aggressive too. The first texture is quiet but disquieting, massively with discordance and dissonance. Sudden death heaviness kills you. Mike's voices are just like infernal shouts or barkings in the distance to strengthen your mental instability. However, such an excessive dissection of sound intoxicates you in an impressive manner. What a poisonous addiction.