Commit Suicide have absolutely reinvented themselves. While
their debut album for Willowtip, Human Larvae [Earthly Cleansing]
caused a huge stir in the metal community, was regarded as one of
2002's best releases, and was no slouch in terms of infectious
songwriting and in maintaining infinite intensity, it is on 2004's
Synthetics that they've truly transcended the often restrictive
confines of the overpolluted "deathgrind" subgenre. Armed with
jumping jackrabbit fretboard contractions, asymmetric percussion
concussions, and deep-seeded vocal punctuations, Synthetics
showcases a reborn Commit Suicide engaged in the most rigorous
technical death metal workout around. This ain't no vintage Napalm
Death or Terrorizer; Commit Suicide is lock and loaded into a
songwriting regimen as fluid and clever as pioneering death metal
acts Suffocation and Gorguts. Engineered in Rochester, NY by Doug
White (Kalibas, Sulaco, Lethargy), Synthetics boasts a recording
quality so pristine and rarely seen in todays world of
overtriggered drums and vocal driven metal recordings. The
instrumental skills aren't the only aspects of the band's sound
that have been refined. In terms of arrangement ideas, the band is
increasingly progressive, throwing in unexpected left turns and
long-winded guitar passages that seamlessly interlace with drum
patterns so erratic they'll make your wristwatch do backflips. This
ain't no clip-on tie, folks. It comes down to this: if you're a fan
of thinking man's death metal that pushes boundries and *don't* buy
this record, you might has well take the advice of the band
name.