SIN „Audio Summoned Flesh”

Genre: Deathcore
Country: Philippines
Website: www.myspace.com/sincavite
Duration: 59:45
Killer Songs: Audio Summoned Flesh,” “Pilgrimage,” “Deathillion 1 & 2”

Right before reviewing the better albums of 2009 gets underway (as if it hasn’t already), a few leftovers from the previous year still deserve their time in the spotlight here at Metalcentre. And among all the dross that hasn’t been rated yet, it’s Sin’s “Audio Summoned Flesh” that trumps the competition for a few good reasons.

First, giving your debut a badass name like “Audio Summoned Flesh” is the height of awesomeness. Just think of it: if you’re rifling through a bin of new CD’s from obscure, unproven bands and you find one named “Audio Summoned Flesh,” doesn’t it stand out as catchy and original? Sounds wicked too.

Second, coming from somewhere people don’t even know has a metal scene—that would be the Philippines, South East Asia—the music inside Sin’s “Audio Summoned Flesh” is, for lack of the better word, badass. Divine Heresy meets Meshuggah meets your bunghole.

Third, you listen to the songs, which explode from your speakers with crystal clear production, and think to yourself “Man, this stuff is…badass!”

There’s also a skull on the cover that can be considered badass, except everyone from Archenemy to Severe Torture to Six feet Under have skulls for album art. Not very badass originality-wise there.

But you do get the drift? Throughout its 55-minute length, Sin’s debut proves it’s a brooding, angry, and malevolent posterior. Oh wait, that was supposed to be—you guessed it—badass!

The band’s homegrown audience still make a big deal of how much these guys sound like Meshuggah, and it shows in the odd-structured riffs that are bumping around on the song “Psychometric Equation.” But it’s not just the spirit of Meshuggah that animates the album. There are parts on each of its ten winding and unbelievably heavy songs that betray an inclination for the epic and other intense stuff. Thrash metal decibels, death metal guitars, bubbling solos,deathcore vocals, and insane hollering—the five hairy hombres who comprise Sin put them all in here.

Breaking down the songs now, you have sound effects introducing the straightforward thrasher “Amorphosis” followed by a very muscular title track that’s the band’s live staple. A couple of songs later the brilliant, if cheesy, “Deathillion” arrives in two dizzying segments. “Burning Hour,” “Psychometric Equation,” and the-curtains-have-fallen closing act “Regeneration” were obviously designed to accompany a lot of violent moshpits. You can feel the raw aggression this band inspires at the drop of every note. Sooooo badass.

The lyrics are repetitive and song lengths are very liberal, which aren’t the best qualities you would expect from a perfect album. Yet too many people in the Philippines adore “Audio Summoned Flesh” enough—including this reviewer—to force it on the rest of the world. They love it to bits. And so should you.

note: 7.5/10

Tracklist

1.Amorphosis
2.Audio Summoned Flesh
3.Equilibrium Supremacy
4.Pilgrimage
5.Deathillion 1
6.Deathillion 2 (Dark Lament Toccata)
7.Eternal Bateria
8.Burning Hour
9.Psychometric Equation
10.Regeneration

Line-up

Charles Daza- Vocals
Gilchrist Tan- Guitars
Rommel Vasquez- Guitars
Alvin Quinones- Bass
Macoy Manuel- Drums