{"id":13698,"date":"2013-04-01T00:00:36","date_gmt":"2013-04-01T00:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=13698"},"modified":"2020-03-22T22:21:49","modified_gmt":"2020-03-22T22:21:49","slug":"album-review-inhuman-course-of-human-destruction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-inhuman-course-of-human-destruction\/","title":{"rendered":"INHUMAN – Course Of Human Destruction (2013) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

INHUMAN
Course Of Human Destruction<\/strong><\/span>
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\nSelf-released (2013)<\/span>
Rating: 6.5\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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One of at least eight bands with the same moniker, this particular Inhuman hail from Costa Rica and are best described as brutal, often technical death metal dished out in that old school vein. The band consists of four members; vocalist Sergio Mu\u00f1oz, guitarist Jonathan Sanch\u00e9z, bassist Carlos Venegas and on drums, Jonathan\u2019s brother Freddy, or \u201cCoco\u201d to his friends.<\/p>\n

Course Of Human Destruction<\/em> is a devastating debut album by an extremely mature combo, a full-length which combines dry, hoarse guttural vocals with twisted, disorientating bass-lines, jarring guitar assaults and staggering drum dynamics. <\/p>\n

Once thrown in a blender, those separate instruments join to make a fierce piece of work that is at once infectious but also brutal. Never does it attempt to alienate the listener though, often preferring to remain steady as a mid-tempo to fast beast. The only issue is that the often peculiar bass segments tend to override the opus, and when they come in it\u2019s no longer a surprise, but more of an irritation. Even so, the swirling guitar solos, trigger drums and above average vocals (mind you, how original can anyone get within a death metal framework?) more than make up for any flaws this opus may have. <\/p>\n

Of course, when the band plays fast it\u2019s not just an unintelligible blur. Far from it, the title track a prime example of those frantic drums and staggering guitars, but again these are interwoven with more varied arrangements.<\/p>\n

Although I\u2019ve always preferred the weirder aspects of technical death metal, with bands such as Gorguts, Inhuman still provide enough meat to chew on and are clearly on the path to further extraterrestrial landscapes. <\/p>\n

I am hoping these guys stand out from the crowd, as there is a lot of this stuff around. It\u2019s always important with technical death metal to find a middle ground between the bewildering and the accessible, and I think Inhuman have achieved that here. For instance, \u2018I Can Smell The Death\u2019 and the pounding closer \u2018Vengeance\u2019 are all death metal winners that should be lapped up by those who have a craving for this sort of stuff. Strangely however, when the band adopts a simpler approach \u2013 as on the effective grind of \u2018Shame On You\u2019 \u2013 they seem to be more comfortable in their skin. <\/p>\n

I\u2019ll certainly be keeping an eye on these guys, but they\u2019ll need fresher tactics for album two if they are to gain any sort of reputation within the scene. There\u2019s no problem with setting aside 40 or so minutes of my time to listen to Inhuman, so I hope you do the same \u2013 especially if you\u2019re into slightly unusual structures within that classic death metal framework. <\/p>\n

Whether it\u2019s enough to put them in good stead I don\u2019t know, but there\u2019s enough twiddling on offer here to keep you amused. Course Of Human Destruction<\/em> isn\u2019t quite the obscure tech-fest I was expecting despite its flashes of brilliance, but it\u2019s still a minor work of art.<\/p>\n

Neil Arnold<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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