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Angry Metal Guy<p><a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/benthos-from-nothing-review/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Benthos – From Nothing Review</a></p><p><i>By Dear Hollow</i></p><p>It’s sexy when things you love collide with things you hate. My lust for mathcore is well-established – I go hard for that mind-numbing dyscalculic tinnitus any day – but if you put a slab of prog metal in front of me, I’m gonna go as flaccid as a gummy worm in a hot car faster than you can say “<strong>Wilderun</strong>.” That’s <strong>Benthos</strong>. The Italian collective slides a platter of progressive rock’s lush, ambivalent, and emotive movements alongside mathcore’s jagged edges and feral energy, and you’re guaranteed to find something you’ll love and hate – and get hot and bothered by. It’s core’s sellout and prog’s elitism personified in the dichotomy of the heavenly and hellish – yet in your divinely appointed and coarsely deadly free will, you decide which is which. In the words of the wisest, “yeet and yoink” with this particular <strong>Haken</strong>-themed hatefuck.</p><p><strong>Benthos</strong> has been around since 2018, and gained recognition in their hometown of Milan by opening for <strong>The Contortionist</strong> and appearing in the Dissonance Festival in 2023. <em>From Nothing</em> is their debut full-length, although they released the ironically titled EP/mini-album <em>II</em> in 2021. Settled upon a foundation of lush melodies and evasive chord progressions before exploding into frantic <strong>Dillinger</strong>-inspired rhythm abuse, the act wavers between super serious and frantically silly, soulful cleans colliding haphazardly with demonic shrieks. <em>From Nothing</em> is ambitious in fusing two styles strangely congruous but also not at all, but in the end <strong>Benthos</strong> is exactly split down the middle, its arrhythmic beatdowns stealing the spotlight from masturbatory prog sections, blurring into some ambivalently erotic background.</p><p></p><p>First glances of <strong>Benthos</strong> are synth-heavy progressions and killer vocals. Gabriele Landillo has a formidable set of pipes, their post-hardcore-meets-Chino Moreno vibe lending a creeping sexiness (“Let Me Plunge,” “The Giant Child”) and a desperate belt that adds serious dynamic and show-stealing propensity (“From Nothing,” “Pure”), keeping the more uninteresting passages from descending into drearier monotony. Without careful listening, however, the proggier tracks blur together in a blurry pastel mesh in sprawling layered atmospheric rock tricks – serious synth on guitar action – with interspersed chuggy portions, feeling like a less nuanced songwriting a la (recent) <strong>The Contortionist</strong> or <strong>The Fall of Troy</strong>. Speaking of your favorite dark romance crooner Chino, <em>From Nothing</em> feels quite a bit like <strong>Deftones</strong>’ <em>Gore</em> in its decision to put include metal as a mere monument marker on the jaded journey to the pits of prog – ultimately, a bit of a cockblock. <strong>Benthos</strong> mixing is likewise stellar, Alberto Fiorani’s dummy thicc bass as audible as the cheek-clapping guitars and slamming drums.</p><p>Of its two audio halves, <strong>Benthos</strong>’ more chaotic mathcore attacks offer the best listening experience. After the vastly longwinded four-song introductory blur, the intro to “As a Cordyceps” introduces what makes <em>From Nothing</em> worth a bit more. Practically brimming with energy, the mathcore technicality and hardcore intensity finally kick in. This continues into the easy highlights that dispense the prog fluff into something that feels cutthroat and quirky, wonky leads weaponized with nimble and mind-bending rhythms (“Fossil,” “Athletic Worms,” “Perpetual Drone Monkeys”). These give <strong>Benthos</strong> more breathing room when the proggy sensibilities raise their ill-smelling feet, offering nuance to otherwise unwelcoming rooms. These also incorporate more of these chunkier vibes into more mundane moments, letting the rhythms inject a tasteful – albeit short-lived – dose of intensity (“The Giant Child,” “Pure”).</p><p>The best and worst part about <em>From Nothing</em> is that <strong>Benthos</strong> manages to sound both bored to tears and absolutely apeshit depending on which part you tune into. Its moments of unhinged insanity are too few and far between to warrant consistency or balance… or a solid recommendation. But if you’re like <span><strong>Dolphin Whisperer</strong> </span>and like your music hot and heavy, while disrobing <em>From Nothing</em>’s many sexy layers and textured sprawls, take a cold shower before venturing out to pick up a copy.<a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/benthos-from-nothing-review/#fn-215499-1" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">1</a> <strong>Benthos</strong> offers promise with the softness for the foreplay and the vigor for the penetration, but <em>From Nothing</em> has difficulty keeping it up across its forty-five minute runtime with too-long portions of pretty monotony<a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/benthos-from-nothing-review/#fn-215499-2" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">2</a> and excessive indulgence,<a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/benthos-from-nothing-review/#fn-215499-3" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">3</a> but armed with a vocalist both sexy and devastating and an instrumental presence as bonkers as it is patient… goddammit, I need a cold shower now.<a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/benthos-from-nothing-review/#fn-215499-4" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">4</a></p> <p><strong>Rating:</strong> 2.5/5.0<br><strong>DR:</strong> 6 | <strong>Format Reviewed:</strong> 320 kb/s mp3<br><strong>Label:</strong> <a href="https://www.insideoutmusic.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Inside Out Music</a><br><strong>Websites:</strong> <a href="http://benthosmusic.bandcamp.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">benthosmusic.bandcamp.com</a> | <a href="http://benthos-band.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">benthos-band.com</a> | <a href="http://facebook.com/benthosbandofficial" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">facebook.com/benthosbandofficial</a><br><strong>Releases Worldwide:</strong> April 11th, 2025</p><p></p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/2-5/" target="_blank">#25</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/2025/" target="_blank">#2025</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/apr25/" target="_blank">#Apr25</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/benthos/" target="_blank">#Benthos</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/deftones/" target="_blank">#Deftones</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/from-nothing/" target="_blank">#FromNothing</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/haken/" target="_blank">#Haken</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/insideout-music/" target="_blank">#InsideOutMusic</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/italian-metal/" target="_blank">#ItalianMetal</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/mathcore/" target="_blank">#Mathcore</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/progressive-metal/" target="_blank">#ProgressiveMetal</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/progressive-rock/" target="_blank">#ProgressiveRock</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/review/" target="_blank">#Review</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/reviews/" target="_blank">#Reviews</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/the-contortionist/" target="_blank">#TheContortionist</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/the-dillinger-escape-plan/" target="_blank">#TheDillingerEscapePlan</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/the-fall-of-troy/" target="_blank">#TheFallOfTroy</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/wilderun/" target="_blank">#Wilderun</a></p>
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Angry Metal Guy<p><a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tiktaalika-gods-of-pangaea-review/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Tiktaalika – Gods of Pangaea Review</a></p><p><i>By sentynel</i></p><p>I must admit, after being really impressed last time, my initial reaction here was “oof.” The last was pretty, subtle, layered with hidden details, and referential yet retaining its own originality. This is much more immediate, heavily retro, and honestly, kinda ugly. I am of course talking about the album art. Compare the <a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/gardenstales-top-tenish-album-art-of-2022/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">award-winning cover</a> of <strong>Charlie Griffiths</strong>’ previous album <a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/charlie-griffiths-tiktaalika-review/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><em>Tiktaalika</em></a> to the art on the newly rebranded <strong>Tiktaalika</strong>’s <em>Gods of Pangaea</em>. Album art is nothing if not an advertisement of the musical contents, so what does a cover from an 80s thrash band with some detailing referencing the previous record’s theming portend?</p><p>If you said “<em>Gods of Pangaea</em> will sound like an 80s thrash band with some light prog stylings from the previous record,” congratulations to both you and the artist<a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tiktaalika-gods-of-pangaea-review/#fn-214023-1" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">1</a>. This is explicitly an homage to the melodic end of 80s thrash and proto-thrash. The sound is exemplified by Peace Sells-era <strong>Megadeth</strong>, with some proggy influences a la <strong>Mercyful Fate</strong>. The riffs go chugga chugga twiddly twiddly and then there’s an even twiddlier guitar solo. The vocals, from a selection of talented guest vocalists, span melodic cleans, shouty thrash vocals, and some harsher styles.<a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tiktaalika-gods-of-pangaea-review/#fn-214023-2" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">2</a> If you like that sort of thing, it’s done very well here and this album is for you. Griffiths is clearly having fun and it shows.</p><p></p><p>If you want to stand out from all the other retro bands, and the historical catalogs of all the bands you’re actually referencing, you need some sort of differentiating factor. Fellow purveyors of retro-styled tripe The Night Flight Orchestra have got away with it for so many albums through a mixture of exuberance, stellar songwriting, and developing an identity despite the references. On <em>Gods of Pangaea</em>, the mixture of vocalists works against <strong>Tiktaalika</strong>, making it difficult to claim any sort of identity. The result feels like a collection of covers of 80s B-sides nobody quite remembers. And while the songs are good, they’re not quite that good. In particular, the guitars dissolve into a primordial soup of thrash genre conventions. It colors so consistently within the lines it’s hard to pick standout riffs or even identify the songs from the guitar parts. The exception is highlight “The Forbidden Zone,” with a slower tempo and more of a driving, insistent feel to the riffs.</p><p></p><p>I mentioned last time that Griffiths is a really good vocal writer/director, and that’s still true here… to a point. The thrash influences have led to some of the singers (particularly Daniël de Jongh) aping Dave Mustaine’s style (“Tyrannicide”, “Give Up the Ghost”), and, look, I like <strong>Megadeth</strong>, but not for the vocals. When it’s good, though (“The Forbidden Zone,” “Mesozoic Mantras,” both with Vladimir Lalić), there are some excellent choruses. “Fault Lines” (with Rody Walker) is an odd example where, though his mixed and harsh vocals are technically very good, the majority of the song falls a bit flat… but the “suddenly I stand on hallowed ground, and I am waiting for the divine”<a href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tiktaalika-gods-of-pangaea-review/#fn-214023-3" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">3</a> chorus is by far the catchiest thing on the entire album.</p><p><em>Gods of Pangaea</em> successfully does what it sets out to do. It sounds like <strong>Megadeth</strong>. The songs are good, and occasionally great. There are intensely catchy choruses. It sounds like the band are having fun. It’s an enjoyable listen; I just find it very hard to get excited about something so nakedly backward-looking. The thrash genre conventions in the guitar writing leave me unable to pick any favorite guitar moments, and that’s not a great look for a guitarist’s side project. It’s not rethrash in its most cliched form – there’s more melody and songcraft here than that – but it’s far closer than I’d like.</p> <p><strong>Rating:</strong> Mixed<br><strong>DR:</strong> 6 | <strong>Format Reviewed:</strong> 320 kb/s mp3<br><strong>Label:</strong> <a href="https://www.insideoutmusic.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Inside Out Music</a><br><strong>Websites:</strong> <a href="http://insideoutmusic.bandcamp.com/album/gods-of-pangaea-24-bit-hd-audio" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">insideoutmusic.bandcamp.com</a> | <a href="http://facebook.com/charlie.griffiths.guitarist" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">facebook.com/charlie.griffiths.guitarist</a><br><strong>Releases Worldwide:</strong> March 14th, 2025</p><p><a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/2-5/" target="_blank">#25</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/2025/" target="_blank">#2025</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/british-metal/" target="_blank">#BritishMetal</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/charlie-griffiths/" target="_blank">#CharlieGriffiths</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/gods-of-pangaea/" target="_blank">#GodsOfPangaea</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/insideout-music/" target="_blank">#InsideOutMusic</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/mar25/" target="_blank">#Mar25</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/megadeth/" target="_blank">#Megadeth</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/mercyful-fate/" target="_blank">#MercyfulFate</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/progressive-metal/" target="_blank">#ProgressiveMetal</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/review/" target="_blank">#Review</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/reviews/" target="_blank">#Reviews</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/thrash-metal/" target="_blank">#ThrashMetal</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://www.angrymetalguy.com/tag/tiktaalika/" target="_blank">#Tiktaalika</a></p>
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