His bloody head was a vision of Cephalic Carnage...

So my little cherubs of the metallic waste land, another song shall be brought onto thee!

While at the moment I'm mainly going through bands most of you have heard, yes I am still in exam period give me a break, I shall not skimp on the musical analysis!

Today's portion of ferrous goodness comes from a strange band- Cephalic Carnage. A band whose strange grindcore tinged experimentation have earned a great deal of respect, even though I'm not always sure what they are doing ...

Anyways, todays helping is delivered (in 30 minutes or less or your money back) from their delightful album- Anomalies! Released in 2005, this album was an interesting mix of softly woven introductions, heavy as shit blasting and bloody fine guitar mastery!

The song of my personal interest was one which the twisted Mr. Layzell pointed me onto towards- Piece Maker. This song is very juicy. Meaty riffs fall out of the record like a rump steak and mean drum parts roll the meat into the mincer for your ears to masticate.

The songs main riff is a simple sludgy repeating pattern of doubles, this makes up the introduction and the verses. The introduction, which is similar in effect to Seemless' Parody, begins with the main riff quietly played and a nice bouncy pentatonic based introduction solo, all with a lovely vinyl-esqe buzz to it. The solo guitar works in and out of the riff then suddenly- BAM! A fucking explosion erupts and the screamed vocals create a thick sound reminiscent of an engine, minus the muffler.

The chorus rushes forward like a severed artery, throwing out thick chunks of groove. Basically this song is a groove metal masterclass, including time and tempo changes with plenty of lovely syncopation to boot.

The drums and guitar all just mince up nicely, it is my kind of music to headbang to. The song expertly shifts from stoner/sludge to a low tuned, slow, grinding death sledge. This change of feel, is almost complete, deep grunts and slow evil guitar sounds are a complete contrast to the earlier parts of the song. However they expertly retain that groove, that bounce and manage to keep the main guitar theme trundling along.

This is one of those songs whose heaviness is created not through fast, insane guitar riffage, but through low, relentless and generally mean sounding atmospheric groove, just like some of the original Black Sabbath songs.