Hell yeah! Anubis still feels like a band that hasn’t quite stopped moving long enough to settle into a fixed identity. Anthromorphicide comes in after Dark Paradise, but it doesn’t behave like a “next step” so much as a reshuffling of what was already there. Line-up changes, shifting roles, a second vocalist entering once most of the material was already underway - you can hear that kind of instability in how the record holds together. Not in a messy, chaotic way, but in how often songs feel like they’re adjusting themselves mid-stream.
Musically, this is still very clearly built on a mix of traditional heavy metal, power metal, and thrash metal. That’s the base. Let's say: Helloween on the melodic side, Iced Earth in structure, DragonForce in the more high-energy melodic bursts, and Kreator when things lean into sharper aggression. It’s not imitation - it’s more like different instincts showing up at different times.
And that’s really how the album behaves. It doesn’t stay in one mode long enough to feel predictable. A track will lock into something melodic and almost classic in tone, then tilt into something more aggressive and jagged without warning. Sometimes it works like a natural shift. Other times, it feels like two ideas stacked on top of each other rather than blended.
The dual vocal setup plays into that. Devin still carries the main identity, but Hanna changes how the songs breathe. In some sections, the contrast gives the music extra shape - clean melodic lines against more forceful delivery, trading space rather than sharing it. In others, it feels like overlap instead of dialogue, like the arrangement is still figuring out who should be leading at any given moment.
"Nuclear Dawn" is one of the clearer openings on the record - fast, direct, no real hesitation about what it wants to do. "Celestial" and "Arcanist" sit in that more familiar Anubis zone where melody and speed are constantly pushing against each other. "Fanged Angel" goes heavier, stripping some of the melodic polish away and leaning harder into aggression. Then there’s "My Favorite Cage", which slows the pace just enough to stand out, even if it doesn’t fully reset the album’s direction.
The middle of the record is where things start to lose focus a bit. Not dramatically, but enough that songs begin to blur together on first listen. Ideas are there, but they don’t always land with enough separation from each other. It feels more like movement than development in places.
Production doesn’t really fix that either. It’s clean, everything is audible, but there’s a slight lack of weight behind the guitars that keeps some of the heavier moments from hitting as hard as they should.
Even so, there’s something consistent underneath all of it: Anubis don’t sound like they’re trying to lock themselves into a final form yet. Anthromorphicide is full of shifts, adjustments, and half-settled ideas. It’s a record that keeps testing how far it can stretch its own identity without snapping it. Sounds really cool!
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