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Artist......: Brain Drill
Album.......: Boundless Obscenity
Year........: 2016
Genre.......: Death Metal
Type........: Album
Label.......: Independent
Language....: English
Source......: WEB/FLAC (16bit)
Quality.....: 1025kbps / 44.1 kHz / Stereo
Tracks......: 8 tracks
Playtime....: 00:35:07
Size........: 257.5 MiB
R.Date......: 2026-06-20
S.Date......: 2016-07-02
Url.........: https://open.qobuz.com/album/oy480m7x4ttkb
01. Binary Fate 4:45
02. Departed in Decay 5:06
03. Boundless Obscenity 3:41
04. Aberrant Mutation 4:16
05. Domain of Ruin 2:38
06. Steadfast Horror 6:19
07. Cerebral Degeneration 3:37
08. Infinite Oblivion 4:46
While not the first of their ilk, preceded by Origin and
to degrees Cryptopsy and several others, California
natives Brain Drill ushered in a new dimension of
hyper-frenetic technical death metal upon their unholy
birth in 2006, bearing instant fruit with an initial EP
that year entitled The Parasites. From there the group
linked up with Metal Blade Records for two
over-the-top-yet-face-melting albums, 2008's Apocalyptic
Feasting and 2010's Quantum Catastrophe.
After Quantum Catastrophe the band seemed to drift away,
but founding member and main composer Dylan Ruskin
announced that a new album was in the works.
Love them or hate them, Brain Drill have had a big
impact on many of today's bands and players, and with
their newest album, Boundless Obscenity, they bring
their absolute A game on their first release in six long
years. Which isn't to say the band were slouches on
prior releases, more that Boundless Obscenity showcases
a group who've considerably evolved from both a
rhythm-riffing and a song-writing angle than in their
past works.
There seems to be a sub-set of technical death metal
fans who feel like Brain Drill are an example of excess
without substance, but I implore any who may have held
that view in the past to intake the much-improved form
of the band's sound throughout Boundless Obscenity. The
difference in both quality and start-to-finish
consistency might surprise you. Even if the quality
comes as no surprise, Brain Drill have never written
technical death metal that is neat or pretty; it's
always been clear that they write and play the music
they want to play. And this time around, it seems their
execution has caught up with their vision, and the
results are disgustingly enthralling.
Boundless Obscenity is far more than just the showcase
of a band at their peak song-writing level. It also
displays a highly refined tweak on the Brain Drill sound
that adds a strong orchestral/choral synth overlay
throughout the album, paired with a much stronger
emphasis on spastically maniacal rhythm guitar work
beyond the laser sweeps and super shredding the band is
known for. This time around, their rhythm work resembles
riffing along the lines of Severed Savior and Deeds of
Flesh, a welcome addition to the mainly
lead-guitar-focused sound of their prior efforts.