TERMINAL TRANSMISSION #43: METAL MOOKS
TERMINAL TRANSMISSION #43:
METAL MOOKS
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DIPYGUS - OSTEODONTOKERATIC SAVAGERY - BUSHMEAT (2021)
"Dipygus - a severe congenital deformity where the body axis forks left and right partway along the torso with the posterior end (pelvis and legs) duplicated." (Wikipedia)
Well if you desire less eloquent, less pretentious death metal, then this oozing, festering sore on the matted buttocks of a Yeti spawned up is just for you. Bushmeat is the sophomore album from California based Dipygus. It’s a primitive, true to form, back to basics death metal album that avoids most of the typical traps of modern death metal bands trying to replicate osdm (old school death metal), like those competing for who can sound most like Incantation recording in the deepest, dampest cave. While the album undeniably embraces all the tropes of early death metal and is heavily influenced by the gore and filth of Autopsy, the grind-y Impetigo, the doom-y Paradise Lost, and especially, the more recent albums of Exhumed (courtesy of Darker Corner Studios) it holds up and stands on its own. What’s most impressive is that it maintains that filthy, swampy sound without drowning out each individual instrument to an indecipherable pile of sludge.
“Osteodontokeratic Savagery,” stands in pretty stark contrast to the album’s straightforward, hammering, whammy wailing, riff-y second track, “St. Augustine, FL 1896,” referencing the St. Augustine Monster. It’s a slower track that warns the listener of an impending doom. For this track marks the descent into a muculent, doom-laden mire that is the midsection of the album. However, it’s not without any dynamicity for the track then injects a quick, rather technical bass line that the band plays in unison before going back into the original slow build up. THEN BACK to the blasting riff into another, rather traditional and meaty, riff before venturing off into a bouncy mid tempo section with a continuous solo, while again not shying away from the whammy bar. It’s a remarkable build up and end to an otherwise massive track. Not to mention it bridges effortlessly into the even more dynamic, tempo shifting, yet still doom-y instrumental fifth track, “Plasmoidal Mass (Slime Mold).”
We as consumers continue to salivate over an endless feeding of either dissonant, cavernous, and/or bland osdm revival bands until we bloat. Admittedly, those bands tend to be incredibly enjoyable and do satisfy in scratching that itchy pustule on the back of your neck, however, you keep picking it open, eventually turning it into a painful boil. To some, that may be exactly how they see the current state of Death Metal and even Black Metal. On the other hand, Dipygus does offer something a bit more weird, dynamic, and sincere with Bushmeat. If you haven’t had your fill of this wave of “retro death metal” bands then I highly recommend you check out this album, as well as their debut, Deathooze, which has inspired me to continue building my Ooze themed MTG deck.
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