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That of Eximperitus is a return that confirms many of the characteristics of their recent past, starting from the record renewal with Willowtip Records, up to their choice, indeed quite questionable, to give kilometric names to their group and their songs, ending up attracting attention more for this choice than for the musical content of the new “Meritoriousness Of Equanimity”. We had in fact left the Belarusian band in a shapeless limbo of (brutal) death metal with an epic and sumptuous flavour, which however had not been able to resolve itself into songs intense and compelling enough to fully convince and ended up leaving many doubts about their musical work.
Today, unfortunately, we are witnessing a slight stylistic change, which partly abandons the epic inspiration in favor of a blatantly melodic attitude which, however, is not enough to significantly change the fluctuating result of their composition. Proceeding in order, we witness in “One Step Long Infinity” the most tense and aggressive bars of the album, a fast death metal song which however begins to dilute its impetus already from the following “Contemplation Of The Plastic Fibers Of Perfection At The Second Level Of Reality”, already softened by softer passages which lead openly into “Twelve Centuries Of Triumph Of The Third Kingdom” and its clean guitar arpeggios in the softer soul of the band. Then, when, with “Finding Consistency In The Fourth Quadrant Of Eternity”, in addition to the lack of distortions, the singing in a clean voice is combined with the double pedal blasts, it is unfortunately understood that Eximperitus have once again sinned of excessive ambition, uniting different worlds in an approximate manner and with little overall vision. The central tracks of the album always flow according to this melodic mood pigeonholed into a frame that is probably too extreme, concluding the journey with two songs – “Chalkionic Wandering Among The Wreckage Of The Future” and “Standing At The Skirt Of The Ruins Of Human Nature (…On The Other Side Of Man And Time)” – where a dangerous lack of originality in the riffing also emerges, resting its foundations on already resented and underdeveloped solutions.
The curtain therefore closes on a work dominated by scarcity and little stylistic clarity, a flash in the pan destined to very soon show the shortcomings in terms of longevity and quality from which it suffers. The valid technical performance, a trademark of the Willowtip team, ensures Eximperitus a slight rise in the rating, but if you are looking for an interesting hybrid between melodic ambitions and outbursts of pure death metal we definitely advise you to look elsewhere.
Daniel D`Amico for SANREMO.FM
