Brain Drill
Apocalyptic Feasting

in before Cocaine says this is the worst band he's ever heard*

I've been listening to this and Diminishing Between Worlds lately and both are really great, I need some more listens before I rate them though

Definitely like Brain Drill's vocals and drumming more (Marco ftw)

Album Rating: 1.5 | Sound Off

Other than the fact this band is awful and the CD is laughable, the review is just not good.



And did you just say his drumming doesn't sound processed? He doesn't even use a real kit...he uses an electronic one. How can you say bands with triggered kicks sound more processed than someone playing an electronic drum kit. The kind you only have to breath on to make a hit.



And yeah, this band is awful. Marco is awful, their guitarist is awful. The bassist and vocalist are neat I guess. But the guitarist is annoying as shit and Marco can't do anything but blast. On an electronic drum kit. Neat!



And don't compare this to the new Decrepit Birth. That album has actual songs, not the same generic garbage this album brings for the entire duration. Their drummer, KC Howard, is also much better than Marco. Why? Because Marco is a complete novelty, a one trick pony, who brings nothing but blurringly fast (and annoying) drumming. "Lord Marco" is a novelty. Just like this band.



I won't neg. I might if you don't fix this up, though. Don't change your opinion, because if you like it (why I'll never know) you're entitled. But make sense of it, seriously. This is just a bunching of assorted sentences. There's zero flow whatsoever. Put your thoughts and ideas into paragraphs. And never refer to a past review like you have in this one. Nobody cares. This is barely a review.

And Jeff Hughell is playing the bass without a pick, just his fingers!

i know length shouldn't be an issue with reviews, as long as you have the content to back it up... but it seems like your reviews are getting shorter and shorter with every review you post. your first one was well written, then the next was shorter and kinda lacked, but this one is just really... nothing.

go through and explain which songs are worth listening to, certain parts/aspects of the songs that stuck out to you, etc.

that aside, i've only heard some of braindrill's stuff and their drums sound processed as hell... but it still makes for an alright listen every now and then.

Album Rating: 2.5

I have there ep, at first its like holy shit, their FAST! Then u noticed that the guitar parts are almost all the same, where he keeps doing that riff that goes RINaaa Ringaa RingRing. This need solos, or something to give you a break from the rapid hyper speed drumming.

Album Rating: 4.0

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Album Rating: 1.5 | Sound Off

He's definitely wasting his talent in a band as awful as this. The only one who can actually make use of his instrument in the band.

Album Rating: 2.5

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vTLWMDm3wMs



damn that guy is fast, too bad they can't write very well...

Album Rating: 4.0

Short and scattered review...kinda like the album. I think the review is appropriate to the album. As far as some of what has been said about the band, check your facts, because you're wrong (see the YouTube link for visual proof). Read on:



"Although a bass is generally not as light-hit as it needs to be in tech-death or brutal death, this guy has his moment of fame in "Sadistic Abductive", just after the ensemblic intro. He bares an UNREAL legato technique, and obviously incorporates that with his superb sweeping style. What is being used is a finger-tapping technique. Behind the blazing guitar solos and licks, you can hear every dextrous move made by this insane bassist, following every base-move by the guitarist. He presents a very, VERY competent ability to follow foot with his guitarist counterpart, and this shows through every note that they play. As opposed to most bassists just following the base notes of the guitarists, this guy almost follows every individual note played by the guitarist, and with guitars this insane, it's a feat unmatched, in my opinion. A brilliant effort, with undoubtable ability.



Marco on drums. Want seemingly mechanised gravity blasts? We got 'em...Impecable speed and technicality? You betcha. I know this guy practises studio rehearsals on a Roland E-kit, but I know for sure studio recordings are with a real kit, and this is also the case with his live performances. This guy can manage the same level of volume on every strike of the snare, whether it be with general blast beats or gravity blasts. Not only that, but his average speed is above any other drummer that you will ever hear. Ever. I don't know where this guy got his metronome from, but I'd like to find out.

Marco presents an insane amount of speed and timing. Any other drummer with this sort of speed on drums will always lose sync of foot-and-hand, but not this guy. Ranging with gravity blasts from 280bpm to 320bpm (and whatever is between or after that speed, I haven't measured) he can outdo basically anything you've ever heard or will ever hear.

Although there is no real diversity in his style, the particular style he's crammed his effort into has been perfected and executed with superb precision".





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^ thats a good review.

Album Rating: 4.0

My comparison to Decrepit Birth’s Diminishing Bewteen Worlds was only meant to high light the unrelenting intensity of this album and the extreme’s within the Technical Death Metal genre. It did not say this is a better album. My personal opinion is DB’s album is the better of the two, but that does not make this one any less of a listen.



My DB review was long. My Warbringer review was shorter. This is my shortest yet. So what? The next one may be my longest. I don’t think you get the perspective I was writing from. To me writing this review after listening to the album a several times in a row was the equivalent of a punch drunk boxer trying to regain his feet after a TKO. I don’t think that the length of a review is an indicator of its quality. My apologies to those offended for not expanding on the technical aspects of the album or the musicianship of the individual band members. Is it really necessary, after all, we are talking about death metal, not rocket science.



I’m not here to play the part of one of the guys in High Fidelity and enter into some type of music snobbery, pointless argument.



I think debate over the merits of an album are healthy and helps other to form their own and will help readers to get a better, more rounded impression of an album.



My objective was to be short and to the point while still illustrating the impact this album had on me. I think I succeeded. I’ll happily debate anyone on an albums merit, but this will be the last time I justify what I write. I think I have shown that as short as my review may have been, it was informed and I had my facts right.

Album Rating: 2.0

You do a great job in defending you review but it's still a poor review no matter how you cut it.

These guys can be an interesting and exciting the couple first times of listening to it but with the lack of variety this comes off as really dull.

Album Rating: 1.0 | Sound Off

BrainDrill kinda sucks. They're more of a novelty item than anything else.



Marco was awesome in The Faceless, but I hate him here.

Album Rating: 2.0

^^^^That sums it up perfectly.

Album Rating: 2.5

Marco certainly was cool in The Faceless. I haven't heard this but I don't think I want.



Cocaine - you bring the lulz man. Its great.

Album Rating: 1.5 | Sound Off

Why did you write a huge shitty paragraph on the bassist, who I said I liked?



Why didnt you try and defend the guitarist, who's a technical beast but an awful guitarist nonetheless.

Marco on drums. Want seemingly mechanised gravity blasts? We got 'em...Impecable speed and technicality? You betcha. I know this guy practises studio rehearsals on a Roland E-kit, but I know for sure studio recordings are with a real kit, and this is also the case with his live performances. This guy can manage the same level of volume on every strike of the snare, whether it be with general blast beats or gravity blasts. Not only that, but his average speed is above any other drummer that you will ever hear. Ever. I don't know where this guy got his metronome from, but I'd like to find out.

Marco presents an insane amount of speed and timing. Any other drummer with this sort of speed on drums will always lose sync of foot-and-hand, but not this guy. Ranging with gravity blasts from 280bpm to 320bpm (and whatever is between or after that speed, I haven't measured) he can outdo basically anything you've ever heard or will ever hear.

Although there is no real diversity in his style, the particular style he's crammed his effort into has been perfected and executed with superb precision".

My apologies to those offended for not expanding on the technical aspects of the album or the musicianship of the individual band members. Is it really necessary, after all, we are talking about death metal, not rocket science.

This is a random whack of sentences; a disjointed mess of ill-thought similes

Album Rating: 2.0

Jesus Christ Cocaine just laid the smack down.

Album Rating: 4.0

The general consensus is the review sucks….fine. I’ve written 3 here and the other two have gotten some decent responses.



The paragraphs above were not mine only evidence to support my “third grade” enthusiasm.



I’m in no way offend by the comments. I’ll actually take them as constructive criticism for next time. I’m certainly not discouraged. How else can I get better? Thanks for the honesty. I don’t think any of it was brutal by any means.



I’d try rewriting it, but with the overall vibe here being the album isn’t that good, I’ll just wait for the next one.



I still like the album though.



Rock on.

Album Rating: 2.5

that he did...damn son

Album Rating: 1.5 | Sound Off

Just because the album isn't well received doesn't mean you shouldn't re-write it. Your ideas are there, they just need to be tightened up and put into paragraphs. There's no flow here. For an album that's generally disliked, you should approach it as your goal to make them see why they should.

The guitar work is so fast at times that it'll make you dizzy. Take the track Bury the Living for example. It's like an F5 tornado that lays waste to everything in sight. It'll leave you numb. There are trips made up and down the fret boards at warp speed. Check out the song Swine Slaughter. There are dual leads going on and it's just one guy, Dylan Ruskin, on guitar. And Jeff Hughell is playing the bass without a pick, just his fingers!

The overall production is what it needs to be to enjoy all the technical aspects of the music.

This is not accessible death metal. It's not an easy listen. To many this type of brutally intense technical death metal may prove to be just too much. But if you like tech death, you gonna like this.