ORIGIN — Unparalleled Universe

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3.88 | 8 ratings | 2 reviews
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Album · 2017

Tracklist

01. Infinitesimal to the Infinite (2:23)
02. Accident and Error (3:41)
03. Cascading Failures, Diminishing Returns (4:19)
04. Mithridatic (3:13)
05. Truthslayer (2:07)
06. Invariance Under Transformation (4:36)
07. Dajjal (2:34)
08. A Burden of Prescience (4:02)
09. Unequivocal (9:54)
10. Revolucion (Brujeria cover) (4:05)

Total Time 40:54

Line-up/Musicians

- Paul Ryan / Guitars, Vocals
- John Longstreth / Drums
- Mike Flores / Bass, Vocals
- Jason Keyser / Vocals

About this release

Format: CD
Label: Agonia Records
Release date: June 30th, 2017

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UMUR
"Unparalleled Universe" is the seventh full-length studio album by US death metal act Origin. The album was released through Agonia Records in June 2017. It´s the successor to "Omnipresent" from 2014 and features an identical four-piece lineup of Paul Ryan (vocals, guitars), Mike Flores (vocals, bass), John Longstreth (drums), and Jason Keyser (lead vocals).

"Unparalleled Universe" opens with "Infinitesimal to the Infinite", which pretty much sounds exactly how you´d expect an opening track on an Origin album to sound like. Ultra fast-paced guitar sweeps and blasting drumming, highly energetic and controlled chaotic, technical, brutal and sharp death metal with both growling vocals and higher pitched screaming vocals.

"Unparalleled Universe" unfortunately also suffers from the same issues as the preceding Origin releases, and that´s the lack of memorable songwriting. Everything is so over the top in regards to brutality and technical playing, that the band seem to forget to write catchy songs. I understand this isn´t pop music and it´s not meant to be easily accessible, but a hook or a memorable moment here and there wouldn´t hurt. When they put their mind to it, they are able to do it (like the closing melodic sequence to "Cascading Failures, Diminishing Returns"), but they predominantly focus so much on technical playing and brutality that the music often lacks dynamics and impact.

From a technical standpoint this is highly impressive music. The skill involved to pull off playing these tracks at the breakneck speed that´s required are amazing to say the least. Breaks, tempo changes, and fast, fast, fast-paced guitar riffs and rhythms. "Unparalleled Universe" features a pretty well sounding production job, although the clicky sounding bass drums are placed a bit too high in the mix. A 3.5 star (70%) rating is deserved.
Kev Rowland
For twenty years, Origin has engaged a full-blown sensory assault of tight, taut, and technical death metal amplified by flashes of grindcore and groove. The quartet of Paul Ryan (guitar, vocals), John Longstreth (drums), Mike Flores (bass, vocals), and Jason Keyser (vocals) are now back with their latest album, following on from 2014’s ‘Omnipresent’. The last three years has seen a lot of touring, with the likes of Aborted, Exhumed to Immolation, Marduk and Belphegor, and they are showing no signs of slowing down. The album was recorded and mixed at Chapman Studios in February 2017 alongside long-time collaborator and engineer Robert Rebeck (Tech N9ne). The band emerged with ten new songs including a cover of Brujeria's "Revolución", that were mastered in March 2017 by Colin Marston at Menegroth - The Thousand Caves (Altar of Plagues, Jarobe, Krallice).

Paul Ryan says “It feels like an Origin album, but it’s unparalleled to what you might expect if you haven’t heard us for 10 or 15 years. To me, it’s a true reflection of ourselves. I compare it to an action movie. Our earlier material is filled with action from beginning to end. Now, the idea is to add a little more depth and dynamics. You could say there are some twists in the plot musically”. This is brutal death metal, with more in common with grindcore than many other purveyors of the genre. The blastbeats keep coming, the guitars are tight with the bass, and Jason wouldn’t sound out of place fronting Cannibal Corpse. This is awesome on just so many levels, and is one of the best death metal albums I have come across. If you want to lose your dandruff and get severe neck ache then this is the one to get.

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