Anomalies (album)

Anomalies is Cephalic Carnage's fourth full-length album. It was released on Relapse Records. A video was released for the album's single, "Dying Will Be the Death of Me". The song is a parody of American metalcore.[5]

Anomalies
Studio album by Cephalic Carnage
Released	March 15, 2005 (2005-03-15)
Recorded	November – December 2004
Genre	Deathgrind, technical death metal
Length	45:45
Label	Relapse
Producer	Dave Otero
Cephalic Carnage chronology
Halls of Amenti (2002) Anomalies (2005) Xenosapien (2007)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Blabbermouth.net	[1]
CMJ	favorable[2]
Exclaim!	favorable[3]
Pitchfork Media	7/10[4]
PopMatters	[5]
Stylus Magazine	A–[6]

Anomalies was released on CD and 12" vinyl format. It was recorded from November to December 2004.[7]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Scientific Remote Viewing"	2:18
2.	"Wraith"	2:50
3.	"Counting the Days"	3:54
4.	"The Will or the Way"	2:10
5.	"Piecemaker"	5:35
6.	"Enviovore"	3:01
7.	"Dying Will Be the Death of Me"	4:41
8.	"Inside Is Out"	3:54
9.	"Sleeprace"	2:45
10.	"Kill for Weed"	2:17
11.	"Litany of Failure"	2:25
12.	"Ontogeny of Behavior"	9:49
13.	"Collapse into Chaos" (Japanese bonus track)	1:39

Personnel

Cephalic Carnage

• Lenzig Leal – vocals
• Zac Joe – guitar
• John Merryman – drums
• Steve Goldberg – guitar
• Jawsh Mullen – bass

Additional personnel

• Dave Otero – Vocals on "Dying Will Be the Death of Me",[1] production[8]
• Travis Ryan (Cattle Decapitation) – Vocals on "Scientific Remote Viewing"[5]
• Barney Greenway (Napalm Death) – Vocals on "The Will or the Way"[5]
• John Gallagher (Dying Fetus) – Additional vocals[1]
• Corporate Death (Macabre) – Vocals on "Sleeprace"
• Brian Hegman (Black Lamb) – Vocals on "Ontogeny of Behavior"
• Matt Blanks - Violin, Noises
• Evan Sydney Leal - Violin

References

1. "Cephalic Carnage Anomalies review". blabbermouth.net.
2. Grow, Kory (March 28, 2005). "Review of Anomalies". CMJ. Archived from the original on August 7, 2009. Retrieved July 20, 2009.
3. Pratt, Greg. "Cephalic Carnage - Anomalies • Metal Reviews •". Exclaim.ca. Retrieved May 12, 2012.
4. Violante, Isaiah (March 13, 2005). "Cephalic Carnage: Anomalies | Album Reviews". Pitchfork. Retrieved January 14, 2012.
5. "Anomalies review". PopMatters.
6. "Cephalic Carnage - Anomalies - Review". Stylus Magazine. Archived from the original on October 20, 2011. Retrieved January 14, 2012.
7. "Anomalies". allmusic.com.
8. "Cephalic Carnage To Enter Studio In September - June 21, 2004". Roadrunnerrecords.com. Retrieved May 12, 2012.

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