Banda Canadiana com o seu Death Metal muito próprio,bastante original no seu estilo,negro e com passagem compassadas e mais ambientais,mas sempre com bastante peso.
www.myspace.com/mitochondrion
http://www.lastfm.com.br/music/Mitochondrion
Archaeaeon,o album de estreia lançado em 2008.
Algumas reviews:
1ª
After hearing Mitochondrion's music from their Myspace page and seeing them live twice, I was persistent in finding a way to hear some of their better recordings. I had some old demo songs which were good, but as some of the riffs are moderately technical and somewhat advanced, a solid recording is always the key. Then I borrowed this full-length when it came out from a friend and after hearing it three times over, I realized that Mitochondrion had read my mind entirely the whole time.
The guitar riffs featured here are diversified and varied, which is a win for new death metal bands, especially of this specific sub-genre. There is never at any time a lack of musical fundamentalism and good metal song structures. Whenever there's a slow part lacking in the song, the last riff in the song destroys you and dooms you in. Then there's the bass. Not in a single moment do I not enjoy the low-end brutality of these songs. It also adds incredible power to slower parts.
What I enjoy the most from the recording is the drumming. Consistent, but not boring use of the double kick patterns with lots of thrown-off variation to spice it up. Every time there's a snare fill it just dominates the entire sound of the recordings. The title can also be applied to the drumming - nothing but absolute chaos and Mitochondrion's drummer surely brings it in. I think these guys should keep the guy, I'm sure most new-age death metal bands would jump at the chance to snatch him.
In general, I am not a big fan of newer death metal; It's far too complex, very repetitive, and flat out boring. Surprisingly enough, this is the opposite in many ways. It's complex, but structure finely with original musicianship, It's not repetitive at all, especially in comparison with the run-of-the-mill goregrind death metal whatever band. And in conclusion, not boring at all. I have acquired my own copy since then and still spin it regularly.
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2ª
This is the first full-length album from Mitochondrion, a Canadian band playing technical black/death metal.
The sound on Archaeaeon is slightly murky, with a ton of low-end (enhanced by the ultra-low lead vocals) and thundering guitars and bass. A second, black-metal style vocalist adds variety to the atmosphere, as does the varied, nimble drumming. The latter lends a great deal of power to the blasting parts, making them a lot more interesting than those of most bands.
Mitochondrion's riffing and overall sound are utterly extreme -- this record sounds a bit like "Altars of Madness" with somebody playing early Cryptopsy over the top of it! The sheer sonic assault barely lets up, burying the listener under a mountain of chaotic heaviness. That said, the individual songs are quite coherent, and there's a lot of melody to be found, for those willing to listen closely. For example, "...Into the Pit of Babel" features acoustic guitar and some great back-and-forth between the two vocalists. "Wraithlike" is an epic, with fast and mid-paced parts that sandwich a couple of wonderful doom sections in the middle. The instrumental work during the latter half is exceptional. "137 (Death's Hendecaratia)" is even longer, at nearly fourteen minutes, and represents Mitochondrion at its doomiest. The crushing weight of this song creates an atmosphere of total oppression, like gathering thunder or the depths of some extraterrestrial ocean. The closing few minutes are a bit too industrial for my taste, though.
There are straightforward songs as well: "Agonizing (In the Shadow of the Hammerblow)" is one of my favorites, with some bombastic lead work and aggressive pick-slide abuse. "Infernal Weapons Summons" is another great example of Mitochondrion's attack. The drumming here seems to be in three places at once, and the vocals are completely insane! The attention to songwriting and atmosphere on this album is top-notch, and makes each song quite memorable.
My only complaint is that there's almost too much here -- at over an hour, this is a substantial slab of chaos, one that's a bit much to take all in one bite. In fact, "Archaeaeon" could have easily been split into two albums! That makes it a hell of a deal for those into this kind of metal. Fans of insane Canadian bands like Revenge, Axis of Advance, and Warmarch should get this record. Recommended.
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3ª
I think by now it’s kinda obvious what really gets my hormones running and makes me want to run directly into a concrete wall, slamming my fists into it until my bones shatter and I’m merely a bag of flesh and broken calcium: obtuse, esoteric, bizarre, and obscurely crafted, netherworldy metal that sounds like it was authored by a rambling occult mathematician locked away in an insane asylum for eating his wife and children. Gorguts, Portal, Atheretic, Axis of Advance, Ehnahre, Blut Aus Nord, etc. all make me want to drink the Flavor-Aid and peer into the depths of the cosmic unknown. I like straight forward stuff too, but this- THIS- is what drives me in my constant quest for metal.
Mitochondrion currently have satiated this addiction of mine for now. Their first full length Archaeaeon is equal parts chaos, complexity, militant fury, and strange, insane riffing that makes me get all tingly inside; kinda like when you get your dick first sucked by a girl who doesn’t have braces and doesn’t mistake your cock for corn on the cob. Mitochondrion play a form of blackened death metal that is heavily reminiscent of the militant fury of Axis of Advance or their precursor Sacramentary Abolishment. This chaotic, martial barrage of death and black metal is tempered by a musical edge not unlike the eldritch cacophony of Portal’s wall-of-sound aesthetic and crazy, dimension-searing riffing. The music rumbles forward like an ancient god resurrected from tombs buried aeons ago, ready to slaughter and rape the nations of the world. The guitars shriek and squeal, scream and growl like beasts of war, and the drums sound off the rhythm of otherworldly battles. And the vocals sway between shrill, scorching gasps and guttural, nightmarish growls. The music has a thick, buzzsaw strike to it, yet a technical complexity that could easily appeal to even the most snobbish technical death metal fan out there; Archaeaeon possesses complexity without the sterility. And even then Mitochondrion varies up the music with few but powerful progressive sections not unlike something from an Akercocke record. Archaeaeon is a paradoxical creature of cohesive songwriting and schizophrenic composition.
To say I fucking love this album would be a massive understatement. I want to furiously fuck a harem of women over a rotting rhino carcass in the flaming remnants of a bombed out Mormon church to the music of Mitochondrion. BRING ON THE CARNAGE, MOTHERFUCKERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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