CYBORG — Chronicles (review)

CYBORG — Chronicles album cover Album · 1996 · Death Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3/5 ·
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"Chronicles" is the debut full-length studio album by Danish death metal act Cyborg. Cyborg was formed in 1992 and it was originally a project act formed by members of Danish death metal act Detest. "Chronicles" was released in February 1996 through the Die Hard label. Cyborg were only active as a band for a very short period of time and "Chronicles" was their only release during their original run.

The music on "Chronicles" is a combination of mid-paced death metal and groove thrash not terribly different from the style on the "Spit or Swallow" (1995) album by the more prolific Danish death metal act Konkhra. I hear obvious references to the Danish thrash metal act Invocator and their "Weave The Apocalypse" (1993) and "Dying To Live" (1995) albums here too. The album features 8 tracks and a 29:41 minutes long playing time. The music and the lyrics are sci-fi themed. The quality of the material is as such solid but overall "Chronicles" is a very standard album without anything that stands out as unique. I had expected some great dark atmosphere as a result of the sci-fi theme, and the effects like spoken passages and sound effects certainly lead in the right direction. They are never really convincing enough though. The musicianship is overall pretty solid. I´m not too fond of the growling vocals but the raw thrash vocals are well performed.

The sound production is decent, but it´s not above average for the genre and the time of release. So upon conclusion "Chronicles" is a decent quality release overall, and a 3 star (60%) rating is warranted.
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