Rings of Saturn - Embryonic Anomaly (2010)

In 2012, I actually thought Rings of Saturn was a Facebook page for memes about metal bands. Turns out, it IS a metal band! Memes of Saturn? Shit, I think that's already been used. At least I can use "Manure" for Emmure, right?.. Axl Rosenberg already used that one? What is my life.

I feel mentally winded by listening to even just ten minutes of this album! It's complicated as shit and incredibly technical, but for what reason why? It almost comes across as a novelty album to have, like a "Hey John! Have you heard how fast these guys play??" kinda way while in the car with John, to interrupt him while he's ranting about Dave Mustaine being the best guitarist of the Big 4.

This album is crazy as shit! You've got the guitarist, Lucas Mann, doing crazy shit at hyper-speed that sounds like if aliens could play metal, you've got a human drum machine by the name of Brent Siletto, and then you've got a deathcore vocalist that's a deathcore vocalist, but what makes this deathcore vocalist different than other deathcore vocalists is that his name is Peter Pawlak. Basically, the band works well on paper.

But when every song's so extremely technical, maybe the album sticks out amongst other metal releases, but none of the songs particularly stand out on their own accord, aside from maybe "Abducted" because it's got some pretty neat sections, and "Embryonic" because that riff is honestly pretty great. The only flat-out bad moment on the album that sticks out like a sore thumb is the orchestral section that suddenly kicks in the track "Annihilating the Pure". It's okay, guys, Whitechapel did the same shit, and they were probably influenced by Metallica in that regard. You all can hang out on the same bench for that one.

If you've heard one song off this album, you've heard 'em all, and it's always guaranteed to be a REALLY technical song! With all that talent that's emitting from the band, you'd think they'd be able to put out a record that doesn't make me feel like I'd rather get beamed up and anally-probed, but of course, there's always the rest of their discography for me to check out.

Oh yeah, put this record on while your friend trips acid and watch them have a heart attack! SHOW THAT ASSHOLE JOHN WHAT BIG PAPA LUCAS MANN IS COOKIN'!!

6/10 
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