Egotheism

Clock Paradox

The edge of limits. The oppressor of activities. We are bound to a continuum before […]
By Salvador Aguinaga II
January 14, 2013
Clock Paradox - Egotheism album cover

The edge of limits. The oppressor of activities. We are bound to a continuum before the birthright of any individual. A silent oppressor does no damage if we do not recognize it but our time is literally decided. It helps keep a stable society without wandering in any each moment what time it is. CLOCK PARADOX awakened me to critically think about trivial matters such as these but is there more than meets the eye? Further cannot be explained without breaching into this caster's inscriptions.

CLOCK PARADOX label themselves as Progressive Death Metal. It's respectable but I'm a bit doubtful but in the end I think it's a good categorization. Not much Death Metal going on it only makes up a tiny portion of the chemistry. It's a fusion I dare say between the styles of Death Metal and Deathcore. It possesses the very low-tuned guitar sound Deathcore is known for but with death metal balancing it out it doesn't have any breakdowns of the sort. Layered with groovy sounding riffs it makes the conjunction its own brand of metal. Its own brand of Progressive Metal that is. It even has keyboard/synthesizers scheming around.

A contradiction between a medium that's both really nice and easygoing but demanding and assertive when the situations calls for it gives you, "Virtual Compassion", to begin the journey opening another path you did not know was there before. It's an explosive start and it reminded me a lot of a track in OPETH's "Ghost Reveries" but cannot recall. Along with this remembrance it also had the vibes of GOJIRA and MESHUGGAH seeping through. While increasing the adrenaline in your veins you go back into homeostasis with the catchy chorus of "In The Flesh". It's not the words exactly but the music itself which is the way it should be when creating a chorus. Troubled with the fixated philosophy of populous being, "Machine Mind", sighs before representing its paradox. Technical guitar melody throughout the song then it goes into a MESHUGGAH-like riff.

If you haven't noticed already CLOCK PARADOX seems to derive influences from MESHUGGAH. Don't let that statement turn you off because it's not one of those bands who tweak their sound to the phenomena of Djent. Rather it has the technique MESHUGGAH has the tendency of showcasing and you can blatantly tell it somewhat resembles it.

A space empty from its sedated thought patterns, leaving the host to think for itself prior by dealing with the destruction of the parasite that numbed the truth from its grasp, "Void" comes into play. My favorite song of the lot. I cannot spoil it I will let you approach the discovery yourselves. It's not what your hear but what you feel.

"Egotheism" is an album it shows by example. Not to emulate or capitalize it but to show you the truth. Your worth, the integrity, a path unique to everyone's hidden potential sunk deep by the precarious world that blinds many.

 

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"Egotheism" Track-listing:

1. Virtual Compassion
2. In the Flesh
3. Machine Mind
4. Cleansing Self
5. The God Complex
6. Void
7. Origo
8. Paradigm

Clock Paradox Lineup:

Timo Tyynismaa - Bass
Jani Kuorikoski - Drums
Jyrki Hiltunen - Guitars
Antti Karhu - Guitars, Vocals
Jouni Koskela - Vocals

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