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Sunday, 25 May 2008

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8.2

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Track Listing:
01. Turmoil Machine
02. Disemboweler
03. Opium Dreams

Artist: Bedlam Of Cacophony
Title: Turmoil Machine
Genre: Grindcore
Release Date: 01 January 2008
Format: EP
Country: United States of America
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Overall rating (weighted)		8.2
Musicianship		9.0
Composition		8.0
Experimentation		8.0
Production		7.0
Value		9.0

I don't usually get excited when a new tech band emerges from it's respective town, but that's usually because most new bands waving the tech flag tend to plague the internet with watered down spastic music with a few "fast" sweeps and tapping segments. Boring as fuck. Thankfully this is not the case with Bedlam of Cacophony's debut EP 'Turmoil Machine'. They certainly have the skills to back up their name. The first riff off of the album goes from slow and jazzy to brutal and rampant in seconds and the only break you are given is when the album's eight minute runtime is up. But when it's done, you'll play it all again because it's surely over far before you want it to be. Honestly, I haven't been this excited about an up and coming band's EP since The Crinn's self-titled and "Subhuman Empire" from SWWAATS and just like those two, this EP shows excellent promise. This band is fully aware of what it's doing. I can't say I wasn't skeptical when Ivebeenshot's vocalist Lee Artavia was brought on as Bedlam's official vocalist. Nothing against the guy but I don't really see "reeeeeeeeee ree" going over technical grindcore very well. Artavia proved me wrong, he shows a remarkably more dynamic range on "Turmoil Machine" than with Ivebeenshot and if anyone's voice can match the brutality of this music, it's him. I really don't know much about the rest of the band but of thing is for sure, they know how to write intense music. Their demo followed by this EP has certainly set Bedlam of Cacophony in the right direction, it's a sin that a band with this much talent has not yet been picked up by a record label but I suppose it's because hardcore kids can't dance to this, nor sing along to any pretty choruses.

Stop reading and buy it.

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