Decapitated

Well, I guess it's back to metal today.  I can listen to other genres, but I always come back to metal.

I recently rediscovered Decapitated.  I first heard them on their Organic Hallucinosis album in 2009 and (mistakenly) wrote them off as generic death metal.

Listening to "Homo Sum" from 2011's "Carnival Is Forever" shows syncopation without sounding like Djent music or some carbon copy of Meshuggah.  That song reminds me of a more modern version of Pantera's "Primal Concrete Sludge" that has Dimebag's syncopated riff over a pretty straightforward double bass beat.  In fact, it appears that like me, the guitar player for Decapitated is influenced by Dime.

"Earth Scar" from the yet-to-be-released Anticult is a more straightforward Slipknot style straight ahead rock/metal song.  "Never" from the same album is a fast skank beat with an octave riff, that reminds me of something from Behemoth's Demigod.

Maybe that's what it is.....  the elements of their songs that remind me of some of my favorite bands make them sound very familiar to me.  They can blast beat and riff like the best modern death metal, but they incorporate enough different elements into their music to make their songs interesting.

Like Behemoth, Hate, Vesania, and Vader, these guys are from Poland.  Of all of those bands, I think Decapitated is one of my favorites along with Behemoth.