Anatomia - Decaying in Obscurity (2012)

   Similar to most Japanese extreme underground bands, Anatomia also have a long list of split albums, therefore the 7 years that have been passed since the first record, wasn't spent inactively. By their second full-length album, the band continued the line of strongly Autopsy influenced death/doom metal, they've established their style on by "Dissected Humanity". 

   But "Decaying in Obscurity" became somehow different. While the first album was like a remake of the style of old Autopsy, this time the band started to add their own imaginations, and they've ended up as major defining features. The sound became way different, close to the sound of a rehearsal record, probably to reflect the old school feeling of early '90s records, and this resulted a quite raw main impression. The doom metal influenced themes had the main focus, and also they showed way bigger diversity than at other Autopsy influenced bands, which are (similar to their role model band) simply intending to rely on the contrast and sudden switches of slow doom influenced heaviness and intense death metal hammering. This intention didn't disappear from "Decaying in Obscurity" of course, but the doom metal themes became extended, and not only showing more diverse themes, but also bravely adding effects (such as keyboards), and features (short hard rock and even punk influenced themes) that are referring back to the oldest aspect of the genre. Involving older references and going back to the basics and to the core of the genre isn't something surprising to hear from Japanese bands, and it's definitely a more authentic incorrupt approach, than what hipster bands started to do the same time in Europe and in the US.