Lucid Interval

Cephalic Carnage | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 20, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Relapse
• ASIN: B00006BXFD
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #187,745 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Scolopendra Cingulata

2. Fortuitous Oddity

3. Anthro Emesis

4. The Isle of California

5. Pseudo

6. Friend of Mine

7. Rebellion

8. Zuno Gyakusastsu

9. Black Metal Sabbath

10. Cannabism

11. Lucid Interval

12. Misguided

13. Redundant

14. Arsonist Savior

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Carrying on the Carcass tradition + More, December 11, 2002

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David Koblentz "King's X Guru" (Edison, New Jersey) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lucid Interval (Audio CD)

This band caught me by total surprise, I picked it up on a whim @ Vintage Vinyl in Jersey on vacation (due to a little write up they had posted above the album). This one brings back memories of what made early Morbid Angel great, "Necroticism" era Carcass great, Napalm Death "Peel Sessions" fury and even the good parts of a band that only had moments in my opinion Dark Throne (and I dont want to leave out that they seem to owe a riff or two here and there to early My Dying Bride, "Swans" era).
Reading that description might make you think this band are rip off artists...not the case at all. They blend their obvious influences into their own new, fresh sound. At times this is brutally doom heavy and then with one flick of a cymbal the band launches into full on hyper drum regalia rivaling the best Napalm Death efforts. The soloing (which is kept in good balance) reminds me of the free-ness (or just chaotic-ness) of Trey Azagoth (Morbid Angel). The vocals remind me of the Carcass album "Necrosticism" with the trade off higher screams and the low end gutteral growling...a great balance, loved it then, love it now. The album is intersparsed with very interesting changes of pace and some electronic sounds thrown in well here and there. This is one that gets your juices flowing. Where as a lot of 'popular' "death" or "grindcore" bands seem one dimensional (cannibal corpse, deicide, six feet under) Cephalic separate themselves from the pack with amazing displays of speed, power and down right heaviness. I havent even bothered to check out the lyrics since I got this CD, I'm too busy listening to it to care...
Why not 5 stars? At times the pace plods... not often, a very minor critique.. I'd rather give it 4.5 stars but you cant do that here.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Proggressive Madness! & Genius!, November 1, 2005

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The Monolith (The deep Chasm,Soilworld) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lucid Interval (Audio CD)

"Lucid Interval" Cephalic Carnage's third release is a mind- blowing musical work.A scorching combination of mangled Death Metal riffage and blistering drum work that have been filtered through a sieve of progressive musicality.What emerges from this smouldering heap of scattershot rhythms and contortionist song structures is a sonic beast of the most erratic yet crushing nature. For the duration of "Lucid Interval" we are assaulted with pummeling yet intricate percussive dexterity , thick waves of guitar wattage that spew forth off-kilter rhythmic bombardment and of-course a fun yet chaotic nature that influences the albums ebb and flow. "Lucid Interval" is unique and intense yet fun , not to mention the freakin' blisterin' production job and what you have here is sumthin' for the entire family. Fabulous!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Listening to this may impair your ability to....., July 8, 2004

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-gODGRINDER- (Colorado Springs, Colorado United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lucid Interval (Audio CD)

....operate a vehicle or heavy machinery. Why? Because trying to keep up with it while trying to do anything else can only lead to disaster. This isn't the kind of music you listen to in the car on your way to your job at IBM. While the name of the band is a reference to the effect that massive doses of pot can have on the brain, I can only surmise that this album was recorded while these gentlemen were COKED OUT OF THEIR F**KING SKULLS. This is one of the most insane albums I've ever heard. This is not a huge "head-banging" album. It's technical, but I don't know why "technical" sometimes has to translate to "random and incoherent" with certain metal bands. I guess I can't hold too much against them. After all, they are my CO bretheren. Give this a listen if you want metal that is totally off the map and you're stoned off your ass.