Obscura - Cosmogenesis (the entire CD). Damn good guitar work. The guy does sound like Muhammed Suicmez a bit on a few of his solos, but he mostly avoids the neo-classical style and focuses on sounding more jazzy and expressive (there is plenty of sweep picking though). Hannes Grossman is one of the best drummers in metal, hands down. It has a few tracks that remind me of Cynic's Focus in the fact they use someone playing a Chapman stick. Noospheres and United Momentum are my faves so far. Noospheres has a cool bass solo and plenty of effects on the vocals, which is what reminds me of Cynic.
Speaking of Cynic... their new CD is mixed to me. The death metal vocals are almost all gone, and Paul is singing almost like he does in Aeon Spoke. The songs are catchy actually, and the guitar work did not suffer at all. I definitely do not like the samples on 2 of the tracks, they sound out of place to me (some tribal chanting shit). It sounds more like a cross of Cynic and Aeon Spoke if anything.. Sean Reinart's drumming is as amazing as usual. I am liking Integral Birth and Adam's Murmur the most of the songs on the CD. Since the last CD they released as Cynic was almost 15 years ago, it was still a good effort.
The new Cannibal Corpse CD is kinda meh. I liked the new Deicide more. I want to get the new Hypocrisy CD bad. I am more eagerly awaiting new CDs from Carcass and At the Gates. Of course the new Necrophagist CD makes me excited, I can't wait to hear it. Their new drummer is incredible. I have never seen someone integrate Gravity blasts like that during a song. Pretty fucking insane.
