The Amenta/Flesh Is Heir/Listenable Records/2013 CD Review

  The  Amenta  are  a  band  from  Australia  that  has  been  featured  before  in  this  zine  with  a  musical style  that  combines  industrial,  black,  and  brutal  death  metal  together  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2013  album  "Flesh  Is  Heir"  which  was  released  by  Listenable  Records.

  Drums  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  drumming  along  with  a  great  amount  of  brutal  sounding  blast  beats  being  thrown  into  the  music,  while  the  programming  and  samples  bring  a  very  dark  industrial  noise  sound  to  the  recording,  as  for  the b ass  playing  it  has  a  very  dark  tone  with  riffs  that  follow  the  riffing  that  are  coming  out  of  the  guitars.

  Rhythm  guitars  range  from  slow,  mid  paced  to  fast  riffs  that  combine  industrial,  black  and  brutal  death  metal  together  to  create  a  sound  of  their  own  with  a  good  amount  of  melody  being  thrown  into  the  riffing,  and  there  are  little  to  no  guitar  solos  or  leads  present  on  this  recording.

  Vocals  range  from  deep  death  metal  growls,  industrial style  vocals  and  some  spoken  word  samples  in  addition  there  is  a  brief  use  of  clean  singing,  while  the  lyrics  cover  Terror,  Mythology  and  Philosophy,  as  for  the  production  it  has  a  very  strong,  powerful,  heavy,  brutal  and  professional  sound  to  it.

  In  my  opinion  this  is  another  great  sounding  recording  from  The  Amenta  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of t his  band,  you  should  enjoy  this  album.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Flesh  Is  Heir"  "A  Womb  Tone"  "Cell"  and  "Tabula  Rosa".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.

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The Amenta/Chokehold/Listenable Records/2012 EP Review

  The  Amenta  are  a  band  from  Australia  that  has  been  featured  before  with  a  musical  style  that  mixes  blackened  death  metal  with  industrial  and  noise  and  this  is  a  review  of  their  2012  ep  "Chokehold"  which  was  released  by  Listenable  Records.

  Drum  programming  ranges  from  slow  to  mid  paced  beats,  while  the  sampling  and  programming  bring  in  elements  of  industrial,  avant  garde  and  noise  into  the  music,  as  for  the  bass  playing  it  has a  very  strong  and  powerful  sound  with  heavy  riffing  that  dominates  throughout  the  recording.

  Rhythm  guitars  range  from  slow  to  mid  paced  beats  that  combine  black,  death  and  industrial  metal  together  mixed  in  with  a  great  amount  of  distorted  parts  and  there  are  no  guitar  solos  or  leads  present  on  this  recording.

  Vocals  range  from  deep  death  metal  growls,  black  metal  screams  and  industrial  style  vocals,  while  the  lyrics  cover  dark,  hateful  and  occult  themes,  as  for  the  production  it  has  a  very  strong,  powerful,  heavy  and  professional  sound  where  you  can  hear  all  of  the  musical  instruments  that  are  present  on  this  recording  along  with  a  mixture  of  studio  and  live  tracks,  in  addition  some  of  the  songs  are  long  and  epic  in  length.

  In  my  opinion  this  is  another  great  recording  from  The  Amenta  and  if  you  are  a  fan  of  this  band,  you  should  enjoy  this  ep.  RECOMMENDED  TRACKS  INCLUDE  "Christ  Bait  Rising"  which  is  a  Godflesh  cover  and  "Sekem".  RECOMMENDED  BUY.

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The Amenta/Vo1d/Listenable Records/2011 CD Review

 The Amenta are a band from Austria that mixes death and black metal together with industrial/experimental and ambient music and this is a review of their 2011 album "Vo!d" which was released by Listenable Records.


Drum programming is a mixture of slow to mid paced beats that have a very heavy and mechanical feel to them, while the samples and synths bring in some very dark and drone sounding elements to the music with a lot of remixes being done on this recording, as for the bass playing it has a very dark tone which is kind of mixed down low in the mix and seems to follow the riffing that is coming out of the guitars.

Rhythm guitars range from slow to mid paced riffs that have influences from death, black, thrash and industrial metal with a great amount of heavy riffing and there are little to no guitar solos or leads present on the recording.

Vocals are a mixture of screams and growls that have a lot of influences from any different styles of extreme metal without being limited to one genre and on one song there is a small amount of clean singing, while the lyrics cover occultism, nihilism, drugs and some hateful topics, as for the production it sounds very raw but heavy and at the same time.

In my opinion The Amenta are a very good and original sounding industrial death/black metal band, and if you are looking for something different, you should check out this band. RECOMMENDED TRACKS INCLUDE "Ache" "Erubus" "Junky" and "Vermin". RECOMMENDED BUY.

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