Artist: Cranial Incisored
Album: Rebuild: The Unfinished Interpretation of Irrational Behavior
Label: Metal Ground Record
Release: 2003

Track List:
Rebuild-Reform-Reinstall
MOZ
Dissociation of Personality
Artificial Intelligence
Nervousness
Popped of the Hook
Natural
Pleasure Under Pressure
Full of Cripple
Psychoanalysis Therapy of Sybil Isabel Dorsett
Twisted History
Unexplored Mind Discontent
Felo De Se
Experimental Thoughts as Shocker Therapy
 
First track is very deceptive. It’s a mellow and lullaby jazz perfectly suited to accompany your bedtime stories. Next track and the rest are total destroy. Enter to the psychotic madness of obscurity.
 
There are no directions in every song, any intro, breakdown, chorus, outro or even solo, nah. Don’t try to fit your nodding head here; headbanging thingy is unfit, perhaps Halim (mastermind and guitarist) and other members would show us how to enjoy this album, haha…. Don’t expect chug-chug, groovy old school metal riffs. There’s no room even to breathe and remember which part they’re played is. Think Decrepit Birth in Jazz mode!
 
14 tracks jam-packed into one side of cassette tape only and repeated on the other side. They’re short, random, absurd, and very strange songs. Every part hardly repeated. Truly unpredictable, tons of time signature, you know, those weird tempo changes. The vocals exploiting throat abuse pretty much like hardcore scream and sometimes death metal growl. Distorted guitars mostly palm-muted notes adventure picked very fast. All those bizarre songs executed perfectly tight and solid between drums, bass and guitars. Samples and jazzy clean riffs often appear spontaneously.
 
Cranial Incisored officially cited Dillinger Escape Plan and Cephalic Carnage as major influences. I feel they’ve gone too far beyond them. Some of Dillinger’s tracks still formulated old fashioned way where melodic, harmonies and choruses and slowdown parts are included. Cephalic, who called themselves Rocky Mountain hydrogrind, idem ditto. Doom, stoner, heavy and classic death metal involved albeit their jazzy root is present. With Cranial, there’s no exception. All tracks, all parts are weird, hard to remember, shockingly absurd and randomized structure. I hardly believe how these guys wrote and remember each song correctly especially in live situation.
 
Can’t speak too much about recording, it’s a cassette version. I have to push loudness button to clearly hear percussive and punchy bass. Vocal leveled too low between instruments. Guitar though is very loud and clear exhibit nasty crunch character.
 
While I would admire their technical musicianship, personally, I can’t enjoy this album. It’s too complex and sophisticated for me. My blunt mind can’t digest and catch the details of fast impulse continuously exploded there. Maybe one of you who have sharp brain and jazzy-open minded approach could judge and score better. Nevertheless, Cranial is one of a kind in underground scene. It’s truly unique and separate from the crowd.

Score

Musicianship 5
Songwriting 3
Recording N/A

Comments

good review Written by gedubrak on 2005-05-07 17:25:14 wow...great review... jarang orang indo bisa review dg obyektif dan menggali inti musiknya lebih jauh, meski tidak doyan/into ke musiknya, tapi reveiw tetep bisa obyektif... good and honest!

Gedubrak Written by admin on 2005-05-09 03:23:06 terimakasih gedubrak

ntut lim! Written by lukman ntut on 2005-05-10 17:02:55 argh mumet aku dadi ne limmm...... piye je karep mu??? ahhhhh mentang2 lo bisa bikin musik ruwet ( math bgt gitu looo) ah di kerjain nih gwa

musician Written by mamie on 2005-05-12 03:27:27 ini band sih aku belom pernah denger..  tapi yang pasti ini band pasti oke punya man.....  oh iyah....  buat mas halim...makasih atas nasehat2nya..... :D

Written by gerry on 2005-05-13 05:02:34 lebih mantab liat live band ini!!!

CD Written by Julian on 2005-05-13 12:46:14 BTW dimana sih bisa dapetin CDnya? Kontak kemana? Email?

Written by Agra on 2005-05-17 22:55:56 Well, what could I say then?! I guess I'm not the only one who said you're INSANE!   So, anywho ... any spare time for the free guitar lesson?     Peace Out  xagrax

Cranial Contact Written by admin on 2005-05-21 03:21:49 lupa ngasih contact:  Cranial Incosired  www.geocities.com/incisored    email: chaotic_math at yahoo dot com

Written by garna on 2005-05-28 07:33:11 ternyata, cranial telah berhasil membangun icon chaotic di indonesia. selain cranial sapalagi ya, yang maenin chaotic?  salut

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