DESCRIPTION:
Artist: Wretched
Album: The Exodus of Autonomy
Country Of Origin: United States of America
Release Date: March 3rd, 2009
Label: Victory Records

Playlist:

1. Shrouded in Filth 00:00
2. Aborning 01:13
3. Before the Rise 04:52
4. A Preservation of Immortality 08:51
5. Fetal Consumption 12:37
6. Mephisto's Will 15:56
7. Deplorable Miscalculations 20:10
8. Final Devourment 24:51
9. VI: The Exodus of Autonomy 28:34
10. VII: The Descent 37:23
11. VIII: Everlasting Damnation 42:22

Total Length: 43:48

"The band's name is Wretched but...the music on this album is fucking godly! Wretched is a melodic/technical death metal band, formed in 2005. They are often classified as a deathcore band, and due to their usage of breakdowns, this is plausible. However, the music is very complex, melodic, and progressive, so, even though one can call them deathcore, JUST calling them deathcore would be an understatement. So, I tend to refer to them as melodic technical death metal. But labels are stupid. Wretched is a metal band, and that's all that matters. Now, this band is often associated with The Black Dahlia Murder in terms of sound, because they sound somewhat similar in style. Musically, however, Wretched is much more technical and intricate. They, skillwise, are much better than The Black Dahlia Murder.

The music on here is flawless. If I must put this on a list of top 10 deathcore albums, this would be somewhere in the top 5. Hell, it might even be my favourite deathcore album out of all of the ones I have heard so far, and that is a lot of albums. The guitar work on this album is magnificent. Steven Funderburk and John Vail handle the guitars on this album. They clearly know what they are doing, and know how to play technical riffs, but also maintain a lot of groove and melody in their playing. The title track of the album (which is actually titled "VI: The Exodus of Autonomy") is an instrumental, nearly 9 minute masterpiece, which showcases the talent of these two the most. There is a lot of room for riffs and time signatures in a 9 minute song, and they definitely take advantage of that. This song is full of solos, and some kick ass breakdowns. It's almost solo after solo, sweep after sweep, breakdown after breakdown the entire song, which keeps it interesting, as it sounds like almost nothing I've ever heard from deathcore before. There are some beautiful clean riffs in this song, too. This song seems to be part of a trilogy of songs, all of which make up the last three songs on the album. The other two tracks are "VII: The Descent" and "VIII: Everlasting Damnation". Though the last track has no guitars on it, as it is an orchestral album closer, and a beautiful one at that. On the track "Preservation of Immortality", the riffs sound almost like At the Gates worship. The whole album definitely sounds influenced by early recordings from the Gothenburg death metal bands, but very original. It's not like certain bands, who directly sound like clones of the Swedish bands. And on another note, I'll be honest: at times, this band put Between the Buried and Me to shame, containing much more intricate riffing at times, and being more consistent... "(Extract, since the review is fucking huge)

-BlackMetal213, June 6th, 2013

http://www.metal-archives.com/reviews/Wretched/The_Exodus_of_Autonomy/268121/BlackMetal213/259744

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