''I, Human'' is the second full-length album by Singaporean
death metal
Death metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. It typically employs heavily distorted and low-tuned guitars, played with techniques such as palm muting and tremolo picking; deep growling vocals; aggressive, powerful drumming, feat ...
band,
Deus Ex Machina, and the first to feature a permanent vocalist, giving it more uniformity in contrast to ''
The War Inside'', which had a different singer for each track. Musically, it is an edgy mixture of
thrash metal,
melodic death metal and
progressive metal interjections, coupled with a diversified vocal approach. The lyrical content of the album deals with the future:
Cloning. Specifically, questions regarding its use, legality, implications and the possibility of a world full of clones fighting to gain their own identity. The concept is based on
Isaac Asimov
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's novel ''
I,Robot
''I, Robot'' is a fixup (compilation) novel of science fiction short stories or essays by American writer Isaac Asimov. The stories originally appeared in the American magazines ''Super Science Stories'' and ''Astounding Science Fiction'' betw ...
'', but also is influenced by other science fiction works such as ''
Blade Runner'', ''
The 6th Day'', ''
A.I. Artificial Intelligence'', and ''
Warhammer 40,000''. Each songs discusses the ethical issues pertaining to cloning, shifting from first person to second person to third person perspective. The band further divulges the mind frame of an unnamed clone character as it gradually realizes it is a clone, upon awaking from what it thought was a dream. In its desire to strive for acceptance as an equal, the band delves into its thoughts, fears and plans and invokes these emotions and transforms them into an aural assault with thought-provoking lyrics.
Heavy Metal Tribune: Interview with Deus Ex Machina
. Heavy Metal Tribune (7 September 2010). Retrieved 13 May 2013.
Track listing
# M(n)emo(nic)ries – 1:58
# The Mask – 3:42
# Replicant – 5:47
# Jigsaw – 4:52
# The Human Strain – 2:45
# I – 5:19
# The Omega Directive – 3:53
# Assent / Dissent – 5:30
# Hidden Track – 3:08
Personnel
*Ryan Prashant Joseph – guitar
*Shailendra Singh – drums
*Mithun MK – lead vocals
*Caspar Francis – bass
References
External links
Official websiteReviewReviewInterview
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2009 albums
Deus Ex Machina (heavy metal band) albums
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