man, these new technical death metal bands fly in like crazy at the moment. when i was buying quite a few records via amazon, the machine analyses your buying habits and spits out suggestions of stuff similar to bought items. i am an easy victim. the suggestion was this album by belarusian band irreversible mechanism. the country isn't known for death metal but rather for its critical human rights situation. good music knows no boundaries, though and these guys know how to write some captivating tunes.
after a few listens i am completely under the spell by irreversible mechanism. the guys create massive walls of sound. ethereal melodies underlined by gentle clean singing, furious drumming and blade runner-like synth sound waves. of course they don't forget the tech death attacks in the meantime. the album reminded me a bit of rivers of nihil's last opus "where owls know my name", only better in my humble opinion.
considering the greatness of the record, indeed the lame black vinyl version that amazon offered wasn't going to cut it. i searched for the label and hoped they still would have some colour vinyl in stock (the record was already released last year). thankfully blood music from finland had even the rarest colour for the taking. after just four days the beauty arrived. lovely pink and blue merge vinyl, cut at 45rpm, housed in a gatefold sleeve with a black reverse board and slick artwork throughout. blood music. 2018.
