MITOCHONDRION - Antinumerology (DARK DESCENT - 7"EP 2013)
I must admit that I haven’t had a chance to
check any of the previous Mitochondrion recordings yet, even though I had their
two full length albums (“Archaeaeon” from 2008 and “Parasignosis” from 2011) on
my shopping list for a long time. I’ve been postponing in time the purchase of
these albums, because there was always something else what popped up and I
wanted to get it immediately and so Mitochondrion is still waiting for the
right time (I hope that when I finally will get the money for these albums they
will still be available hehe)… But when I saw that Dark Descent Records has
released Mitochondrion’s new 7”EP I decided to get it right away, because such
singles are usually sold out very quickly and later you can either pay double
of triple money for it or you just won’t be able to find it anywhere. And so “Antinumerology”
is the first recording of Mitochondrion, which I had a chance and pleasure to
listen to. And damn, I wish I already had these two full albums in my
collection as well, as this EP is just brilliant and certainly it was worth
getting it.
Well, I wish I could already say something
about the whole concept of this EP, as I have a strong feeling like everything
on “Antinumerology” has been deeply thought through and everything has a
meaning here, including the mysterious symbols hidden within the whole artwork
of the EP and spread all over the booklet. I didn’t have time to read the
lyrics though and so I feel like I still need to learn what “Antinumerology” is
all about to really experience the music of Mitochondrion fully… Certainly this
band is not your average, pointless death / black metal act, with meaningless
lyrics… I will certainly sacrifice some of my spare time later to try to
explore what it is all about… But in the meantime I can write few words about
the music… and Mitochondrion offers really crushing and massively heavy piece
of doomy black death metal, which meats my expectations fully. I mean there are
few similar bands, which I worship, like Father Befouled, Grave Miasma, Abyssal
and few more, even such Incantation must have had a strong influence on
Mitochondrion music, but what is really interesting is that those Canadians
managed to create something unique and their own, even if it is based on a
strong death / black metal foundation. There’s something really intriguing and
possessing about “Antinumerology”, almost hypnotizing in a way the riffing
draws the attention of the listener like the light will lead you in the dark
and you’ll just stare at the lightened point somewhere in the dark horizon,
trying to follow its lead. It is almost the same with this music… it will not
leave you careless and more so, it will force you to listen to it carefully and
won’t let you go until the last sound will end… it will hypnotize you and crush
you, as this music is just damn heavy, so brutal, but at the same time it
contains many moments, which are almost catchy, with some truly awesome,
awesome riffs. That can especially be heard with the songs "137 (Mors
Formulae)" and "Antinumerology" from side B, which are just
bloody spectacular. But really, the entire EP is just a fantastic listening
experience and so damn impressive that I just have listened to this EP for
about ten times and will repeat that tomorrow once more…
Final rate: 95/100
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