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Coprofago - Unorthodox Creative Criteria

Saturday, 08 December 2007

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Track Listing:
01. Crippled Tracker
02. The Inborn Mechanics
03. Neutralized
04. Merge Into
05. Fractures
06. Hostile Silent Raptures
07. Streams*
08. Isolated Through Multiplicity
09. Individual Choice*
10. Glimpses*
11. Constriction
12. Motion
13. Wavelength

Artist: Coprofago
Title: Unorthodox Creative Criteria
Genre: Jazz Fusion • Death Metal
Release Date: 06 December 2005
Record Label: Galy Records
Format: Full-length
Country: Chile
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Coprofago - Unorthodox Creative Criteria

*Bonus tracks. Re-release. Originally released by Sekhmet Records.

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Overall rating (weighted)		8.4
Musicianship		9.0
Composition		8.0
Experimentation		8.0
Production		8.0
Value		9.0

Most metal elitists will rant that Coprofago shamelessly rip off Meshuggah. I'll only give them this: vocalist/guitarist/overall mastermind Pablo Alvarez does sound a lot like Jens Kidman and some guitar riffs have the chugga-chug of a typical Meshuggah song. It's evident that Coprofago must have listened a lot to Meshuggah's "Destroy Erase Improve" back in the day, but they've come a long way since their humble thrash/death beginnings. With this latest album, Chile's best metal band shows a remarkable range in playing styles.

Musically, this is a continuation of the music found on their former record 'Genesis.' It's not as dense or heavy; the production is cleaner and sharper. The cover art is less death metal and more avant-garde. The lyrics are themed around thought processes and sound scientific compared to the brutal, abrupt metal approach. The thing that makes this record a different experience than other Coprofago albums is the even spacier approach to jazz fusion. The there are many times where the music will chill out and get rather ambient and experimental, and it does help.

Coprofago is a band that creates its own identity. Alvarez uses synth to create a layered, spacey quality to the music that is often infused with Felipe Castro's absolutely beautiful fretless bass playing. The touches of jazz fusion and ambient passages are skillfully compiled to give the listener a lush, unique experience. Surprisingly, over half of the album is relaxed and jazz-oriented. The concise, chuggy and aggressive first half gives way to the mellower and musically sprawling second half. Listen to "Motion" for some cool stuff; it sometimes reminds me of old Sonic The Hedgehog themes.

Galy Records' re-release of Sekhmet Records' original includes three ambient bonus tracks tacked on to the second half of the album. Normally, I hate bonus tracks that add nothing to the original intent of the record. In this instance, I find they add a bit to the tone of the album, making it seem a little more fleshed out. You won't die if you skip over them; they're unobtrusive and worth listening to once. This band really has more in common with bands like Canvas Solaris or Cynic than Meshuggah, especially with this record. Obvious influence aside, this album has staying power because it never gets monotonous.

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