Saturday: Blotted Science - Synaptic Plasticity

     For your Saturday song, we're going to switch over from the furious assault of Inferi to the dense technicality and shreddy virtuosity of Blotted Science.

     I've written about this instrumental three-piece before, praising their latest album The Animation of Entomology, but as is so often the case, Blotted Science's latest work isn't their only record, giving me some tasty back catalogue to delve into.

     And delve I have, sitting down and spending some time with Blotted Science's previous effort, their 2007 debut LP The Machinations of Dementia. I've changed my mind a couple of times, but I just keep coming back to the idea that, as is also so often the case, you should probably start this adventure off at the start with album opener "Synaptic Plasticity". It'll give you a pretty good idea of what kind of madness awaits you on the rest of the album, and if your brain hasn't be scrambled by the end of it, you're probably ready for The Machinations of Dementia.

Inferi - Destroyer

     It's Friday, and sure it's Valentine's Day, but maybe you're not interested in romance for whatever reason. Maybe you're just looking for something ugly today, something brutal and savage to wash the taste of all those chocolates and cinnamon hearts out of your mouth. This post, dear reader, is for you.

     Nashville's Inferi play a brand of fast and furious technical melo-death that's pretty balls-to-the-wall. Take, for example, the song "Destroyer" from their latest album The Path of Apotheosis. Other than a brief choral break to set up some slow(er) jam-style shreddiness, the song's six-plus minutes are mostly taken up by ass-kicking of one of the highest orders. If stuff like The Black Dahlia Murder and Arsis do it for you, Inferi WILL be right up your alley.