Hello Metalheads! This is John back with another album review, this I bring to you Biographyte by Cytotoxin. This was released on April 11th, 2025 and I think was self released. I did a ton of searches and couldn’t find a label, but did see that Blood Blast Distribution was listed. This band brings an insane level of technicality while combined it with the punishing brutality that any band could muster.
I have one confession right off the bat with this album. This is the first album that I heard from Cytotoxin! I have heard their name many times over the last three or four years, but either kept forgetting or just over looked them. I am glad that I finally dove head first into their new offering for our ears.
My first thoughts as I got a song or two into this record was “holy shit” or “holy fuck.” The level of proficiency that the instrumentalists show is crazy. I’m talking crazy guitar techniques coupled with frantic playing. Also the drumming on this record is absolutely wild. The pace that Maximillian Panzer plays is absolutely ridiculous!The technical and brutal aspects of their music aren’t there just for the sake of being there. They really manage to blend them in to the brand of death metal that they play quite nicely.
My main complaint with this album is that there weren’t too many moments that really stood out from each other. Nothing that grabbed onto my ear and said “hey make note of this and listen to it over and over again!” Brutal sub-genres are really something I dabble in too much, so maybe that’s it. My ears and brain aren’t really in tune with the wall of sound and frantic nature of the music.
Overall I would give this album a 7/10. It is very good with ridiculous displays of musicianship, but the lack of stand out moments and differences in the sound really drag it down to me. I did give this very intense listens to try and work this out of my system and still could not. If you like the music, don’t forget to stream and even buy it! Links will be listed below!
https://youtube.com/@cytotoxinofficial?si=2qElYZD-7_gio8v1
https://www.facebook.com/share/19CNgiri76/?mibextid=wwXIfr
https://www.instagram.com/cytotoxin.official/?hl=en
https://music.apple.com/us/album/biographyte/1797796232
https://open.spotify.com/album/5w3On2s0C1DnCMPsXiPKW5
https://cytotoxin.bandcamp.com/album/biographyte
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