Organic Hallucinosis

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Organic Hallucinosis
Organic Hallucinosis cover
Studio album by Decapitated
Released February 7, 2006 (US)
February 13, 2006 (Europe)
February 22, 2006 (Japan)
Recorded Summer 2005
Genre Technical death metal
Length 32:32
Label Earache Records
Teichiku Records
Producer Self-produced
Professional reviews
Decapitated chronology
The Negation
(2004)		 Organic Hallucinosis
(2006)

Organic Hallucinosis is the fourth album by the Polish Technical Death Metal band Decapitated. The album was released in 2006 on February 13 in the United Kingdom and Europe, on February 7 in the United States, and later on February 22, 2006 in Japan. The tracks were also available for pre-listen previous to their release on the website of their label Earache Records, and currently still are. It is their first album to be released since the replacement of former vocalist "Sauron" with new vocalist Adrian "Covan" Kowanek and their final album to feature Witold "Vitek" Kiełtyka due to his death on November 2, 2007.

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[edit] History

When original vocalist Sauron quit the band due to health complications, and a simultaneous shift in enthusiasm toward new directions, he began a search for a replacement. In summer of 2005, Sauron contacted a two year friend of his, Covan, whom he had played alongside with before. Covan's current extreme death metal band Atrophia Red Sun, was in a state of decline, so he gratefully accepted. With tours and an upcoming album however, Covan was cautious so as to cause minimal interference with his office job as well as his university studies. Studies can be pivotal, for in Poland, studying at a university negates the possibility of mandatory recruitment into the military, a situation where Decapitated's bass guitarist Martin was unfortunately put into later on.

The band immediately began working in the recording studio for the new album Organic Hallucinosis without even rehearsing. Covan originally wished to mimic the vocals of the previous album The Negation, but other band members insisted that he introduce a unique style of his own. After six days of intense recording, and five of the seven tracks completed, Covan eventually lost his voice. Guitarist Vogg came to the decision that the band would finish the album after the European Tour. After the tour was completed, the album was finished, and by the choice of Covan re-recorded due to his disappointment with his own vocal work. He found the improved results acceptable and they were used. The album was ready to be released on the planned date.

[edit] Criticism

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The album has garnered criticism from some veteran Decapitated fans, displaying as it does a noticeable change in style, both from previous Decapitated albums and from the traditional Death Metal genre they are associated. Detractors have cited the new vocalist Covan's relatively clean vocal style as being more appropriate for the hardcore punk style in which he has previously worked. The album's short running time has also been criticised, clocking in at just over half an hour.

The criticism however is not universal, and there have been positive reactions. Respected online metal magazine The Metal Observer, gave the album 10 out of 10.[1]

[edit] Miscellanea

  • The opening track, "A Poem About an Old Prison Man," is actually a poem written by infamous criminal and murderer Charles Manson in 1984. It is at least the second time Decapitated has made reference to Manson, previously doing so on The Negation by covering Deicide's "Lunatic of God's Creation" which was based on the story of the killer.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "A Poem About an Old Prison Man" – 4:41
  2. "Day 69" – 3:14
  3. "Revelation of Existence (The Trip)" – 4:39
  4. "Post(?) Organic" – 5:45
  5. "Visual Delusion" – 5:55
  6. "Flash-B(l)ack" – 3:41
  7. "Invisible Control" – 4:45

[edit] Japanese edition

Japanese edition contains bonus tracks recorded live at Rescue Rooms, as follows:

  1. "Nihility (Anti-Human Manifesto)"
  2. "Invisible Control"

[edit] Ltd Edition Dual Disc CD/DVD

A limited release suffixed Ltd Edition Dual Disc CD/DVD contains a DualDisc which includes CD audio and DVD video sides. The CD audio side Contains original Organic Hallucinosis track list. The DVD video side contains approx. 35 minuntes material of live show in BB King Blues Club, New York, November 7, 2005 with track list:

  1. "Three Dimensional Defect"
  2. "Fury"
  3. "Nihility (Anti-Human Manifesto)"
  4. "Negation"
  5. "Lying and Weak"
  6. "Spheres of Madness"
  7. "Mother War"

[edit] Indie bonus CD

A limited edition (of 1000) of bonus CD was given free by Earache Records for ones who purchased "Organic Hallucinosis" in United Kingdom independent stores. It contains tracks from live at Earache Christmas party, Rescue Rooms, Nottingham, December 20, 2004 as follows:

  1. "The Fury"
  2. "Three-Dimensional Defect"
  3. "Lying and Weak"
  4. "Winds of Creation"
  5. "Nihility"
  6. "The Negation"
  7. "Perfect Dehumanization"
  8. "Sensual Sickness"
  9. "Spheres of Madness"
  10. "Mother War"

[edit] Release details

Region/Country Date Label Format Catalog Notes
United States February 7, 2006 Earache Records CD MOSH321CD
United Kingdom and Europe February 13, 2006 Earache Records CD MOSH321CD
United Kingdom February 13, 2006 Earache Records CD MOSH321CDX bonus CD in UK indie shops
United Kingdom and Europe February 20, 2006 Earache Records DualDisc MOSH321CDL Ltd Edition Dual Disc CD/DVD
Japan February 22, 2006 Teichiku Records CD TKCS-85137 incl. two bonus tracks

[edit] Credits

[edit] References

  1. ^ THE METAL OBSERVER - Review - DECAPITATED - Organic Halucinosis

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