Born Of Osiris : The Discovery
by Cyndi Jo
Staff Writer
Born of Osiris is that one type of band that lingers in a genre that the uncertainty of listening to it becomes unlikely apparent. It’s not because Born Of Osiris represents those bands that merely are acceptable; it’s for the reason that they’re in that pool of bands that have to compete for attention in this overproduced likeness of 2011. Fortunately for Born Of Osiris, their new album The Discovery has surpassed the same sound of the annoying saturated metal, and they successfully have released an album full of virtuosities, eerie synth sounds and phenomenal melodic riffs.
The Illinois-based sextet starts off their third effort with “Follow The Signs.” The frightening keyboard melody is played over the pondering breakdown and ends with an amazingly haunting guitar solo that clearly represents the band’s Testament influence. That’s not all: The album is totally a guitarist’s album. The lead half minute that begins in “Recreate” adds dynamics and prime-quality bass. Sure, most of the riff-age shockingly is the ultimate downfall sometimes, but Born Of Osiris have their way with the generic death-core guitar work. In tracks like “Devastate” and “Dissimulation,” new guitarist Jason Richardson gives way for the incredible shredding guitar solos and helped the band grow in their overall composition skills. Hooks are represented and were made much more memorable in The Discovery. Born Of Osiris have come a long way since the last two albums, and that is exemplified in the tracks “The Omniscient” and “XIV,” which are instrumentals, and shows the progress they’ve achieved. If that’s not enough noise candy, “Shaping The Masterpiece” comes in with the synth choir for which Born Of Osiris is known.
What the album lacks is that sense of completeness. For some reason, 53 minutes seems like a cheat. Like previous albums A Higher Place and The New Reign, The Discovery is missing an overall theme, or better yet, a concept like those albums had. Yet, clearly it is the album of experimentation for Born Of Osiris. It’s fun and goes beyond their expectations and occasionally steps into the predictability of the genre; it does need more than one listen to fully comprehend that.
Born Of Osiris won’t make the milk in your cereal churn, but after a couple of listens, it will impress as an album that sores far beyond the expectations. It swims in immense technicality and tremendous talent and proves to be a well-delivered experiment. The creativity is calculated well, and The Discovery has been constructed in the symphonic death metal that it should be.
Genre: Symphonic Death Metal
Label: Sumerian
Band:
Ronnie Canizaro
Lee McKinney
Jason Richardson
Joe Buras
Cameron Losch
David Darocha
Website: myspace.com/bornofosiris
Tracklisting:
1. Follow The Signs
2. Singularity
3. Ascension
4. Devastate
5. Recreate
6. Two Worlds of Design
7. A Solution
8. Shaping the Masterpiece
9. Dissimulation
10. Automatic Motion
11. The Omniscient
12. Last Straw
13. Regenerate
14. XIV
15. Behold
Hardrock Haven Rating: 9/10