Antithesis (CD - 2008)

Recording information: Chapman Studios.

ANTITHESIS, the latest album from death metal all-stars Origin is a thick, black storm of fetid tomb air. Seemingly possessed guitarists Paul Ryan and Jeremy Turner have turned their instruments into turbo drills, as the duo grinds out rhythms and mini solos with blinding speed and accuracy. The drums thud along with pinpoint precision and the bass rumbles underfoot like a massive, burrowing sandworm. The song titles speak to both halves of the band's collective brain; "Algorithm" speaks to their head-spinning instrumental mastery, while "The Appalling" and "Consuming Misery" describe their hair-raising viciousness. Origin's origin can't possibly be this planet. minimize