Transfer Trachea Reverberations

The End | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 14, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Relapse
• ASIN: B000086ENX
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #294,483 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars [crying], February 19, 2006

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General Zombie (the West) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Transfer Trachea Reverberations (Audio CD)

Man, this cd is so screwed up. (In a good way, obviously) Yes, this is definitely even more out there than their fantastic full length (Within Dividia), with more jazzy interludes, even more jagged, screeching guitar lines and electronic stuff and some strangely funky bass. (And of course, utterly insane technicality, but I'm not musical enough to declare either album the definitively more complex one. Suffice to say, they are both completely ridiculous in this aspect.) Unlike many here, however, I prefer that album. I like the horrifying, dark atmosphere of that album and the few more glimpses of melodicism and just the general greater cohesiveness but this is very good stuff. (Though 'Transfer Trachea...' has got quite a few moments of melodicism for a cd of this sort) Probably the most brutally weird tech-metalcore I've ever heard, and that's saying something. You probably won't remember a damn thing about it the first couple of times you listen to it besides a few vague impressions, but you'll probably have a good time listening to it anyway. I know I did. I can't utterly guarantee that you'll like it, obviously but ever tech-metal fan owes it to themself to at least check out The End.

However, I must curse Relapse for selling this as if it were a full length album. This is 22 minutes long. 22 minutes=EP. Obviously, I don't really care about the 3 extra bucks it cost me, but it's the principal of the thing.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars grindcore, mathcore, technical brilliance, November 5, 2004

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Field (Toronto) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Transfer Trachea Reverberations (Audio CD)

From the first second of listen to this album, I knew it was something special. It has a King Crimson instrumental GRIND, the bass is free-flowing, the drums are nutz, and the singer adds the right amount of punch at just the right times. The songs are deep, complex, off tempo, technically brilliant, jagged, and scattered. The production is perfect. The End are a band, much like other Progressive Metal acts, who like to use up every last bit of the sonic spectrum. Transfer Trachea is THE BEST grindcore/mathcore album I've ever heard. Too bad Within Dividia was so straight forward, because this album veers, dives, and soars like non other. The instrumentals are frequent, scattered and diverse, some are just medoldic interludes, and some are manic displays of technical excellence and fevered anxious engery. If you like heavy complex music, this album should be your mantra.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars yes., October 1, 2004

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Strobe Lights And Blown Speakers (Louisville) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Transfer Trachea Reverberations (Audio CD)

22 minutes of some of the best heavy music ever. insanity.

essential for fans of DEP, Cryptopsy, and/or Daughters.