There is a bewildering discord between The Metal Archives’ classification of this band and what the band actually plays. While the taxonomic honour goes to Core-laced Death/Thrash Metal, each minute on “The Sculptor Of Negative Emotions” begs to differ. What we have is twenty minutes, of clear-cut Thrash-laced Progressive Death Metal, exploited to the full and CYNIC-ally adorned with expensive Jazz elements fused generously into the compositions. This freshly-formed quintet from Bangalore is ever daring to experiment and never afraid to insert two unconventional instrumentals into a five-track record. The two pieces are nothing like one another, but both do a brilliant job liquefying the record’s blood; hence smoothening its flow and keeping the heart of the music stably pumping.

From the brief fade-in intro and the first riff to the final notes of the last dreamy lead, the spectrum left by the swinging pendulum is seemingly infinite. The fluctuation causes the music to progressively expand its continuum to include a Jazzy intermezzo and a keyboard-laden finale tailed by a Gilmour-ian solo, not counting the several other peculiarities that are fused into the songs—the most notable of which is the Avant-garde AUTUMN-TEARS-like chorus of the title track. As a matter of fact, not a minute passes without leaving its echoes in the parching ears of mine or striking me with supreme wonder that will not dissipate until a full-length debut, carrying the same e{c}centric signature, comes my way. Until then, I will go on relishing this record with a raised eyebrow, as the band had caught me off my guard a minute before I drowned in the shallow pond of prejudice towards Indian-made Metal.

(Online August 2, 2009)