Copyright © 1991 Thrash Records
1. Recarbonized (04:07)
2. Hypnotic Aim (01:44)
3. Euthanasia (03:33)
4. Blinded Of The Veil (03:28)
5. Syndrome (02:10)
6. Reflections Of The Dark (02:38)
7. Third Eye (02:14)
8. Purified (From The Sulfer) (03:32)
9. For The Security (01:58)
10. Monument (02:51)
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A collision between complete deconstruction and absurdity of grindcore and the more listenable and dynamic musical sensibilities of early Therion, Carbonized's "For the Security" is a grindcore album with the twisted evil grandeur of death metal. Majesty of chromatic dissonance is created through the fully-expressed narrative structures and the (non-constant) use of relatively lengthy phrases of sonorous chromaticism which, in a manner similar to black metal or Scandinavian death metal, sustain tremolo strums of single chords, and creates melody by shifting the chord, while maintaining the tremolo strum. The unique character of this album, however, is created by contrasting the majesty with punkier intervals, the more abrupt riffs of grindcore, more abrupt shifts in structure than is the norm in death metal, and percussion that alternates between punk beats and grindcore noise blasting.
Songs begin with an introductory build up, playing off of variants of some generally slow paced riff before breaking and exploding into an insanely paced maze of abrupt riffing and shifts, using the full cornucopia of both metal and hardcore/grindcore technique, bringing the listener deeper into modern fear, insanity, and paranoia, and ending in such a way as to leave the listener uncertain of the conclusion of the song. The second half of the album is more grindcore oriented, sometimes blasting along simply for the sake of noise within a larger structure.
The more fully articulated nature of this release when compared with the short bursts of fury of most grindcore will make it easier to stomach for most hessians, however its message of warning and protest against an increasingly technocratic system, told via portrayal of modern neuroses rather than through romanticizing an alternative, marks it as grindcore. Its musicality is greater than virtually anything else in its genre though, and its warnings ring truer than those of contemporaries, making it one of the best albums in grindcore, and one of the very few that this author would actively recommend.
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