𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐑𝐘𝐏𝐓𝐒 - 𝐂𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐁𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐏𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐀𝐋𝐁𝐔𝐌 𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄𝐒 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐃 𝐑𝐎𝐂𝐊 & 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐕𝐘 𝐌𝐄𝐓𝐀𝐋…
July 29, 2003 — Exhumed released their third full-length studio album, Anatomy Is Destiny via Relapse Records. The album was produced by famed producer and engineer Neil Kernon (Queensrÿche, Nevermore, Dokken, Flotsam and Jetsam, Macabre, Cannibal Corpse, etc.). (Apple Music or Spotify)
The album is regarded as Exhumed's "𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚌𝚛𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢 𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚍" album, and has been compared to the albums, Heartwork and Necrotism by Death/Grind legends Carcass. The title of the album is taken from a quote by Sigmund Freud. The only album to feature Bud Burke on bass before switching to guitar on Necrocracy. The last album to feature guitarist Mike Beams and drummer Col Jones.
Background:
Anatomy Is Destiny saw the band evolve further with their third album, adding more sophisticated arrangements, production and instrumentation. Bassist Leon del Muerte replaced Bud Burke soon after the album was recorded.
Harvey described the album as "𝚊 𝚋𝚒𝚐 𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚙 𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚠𝚊𝚛𝚍", but retrospectively criticized the album for its lack of memorable choruses. He said of Anatomy Is Destiny, "𝙸𝚗 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚠𝚊𝚢𝚜 𝚒𝚝‘𝚜 𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚋𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚋𝚞𝚖, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚗 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚊𝚜 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚢, 𝚠𝚎 𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚔 𝚘𝚗 𝚊 𝚋𝚞𝚗𝚌𝚑 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜."
Co-founder and drummer Col Jones departed Exhumed in 2003, which affected the creative chemistry of the band. Harvey recalled, "𝙰𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚎 (𝙹𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜) 𝚕𝚎𝚏𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊 𝚋𝚒𝚐 𝚊𝚍𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚘𝚖𝚢 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚓𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚘𝚕𝚟𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚏𝚎𝚕𝚕 𝚊𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚝."
Critical Reception:
The album received much deserved praise upon its release, with one review at Aversiononline.com stating;
“𝙸‘𝚟𝚎 𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚍 𝚗𝚞𝚖𝚎𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚎𝚠𝚜 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚍 𝚝𝚘 𝙷𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝’𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚞𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚕. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚘𝚗𝚕𝚢 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚗 𝚠𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚍 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚊𝚛𝚎𝚜 𝚝𝚘 𝙷𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔 𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝙴𝚡𝚑𝚞𝚖𝚎𝚍 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚟𝚎𝚛𝚢 𝚘𝚋𝚟𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚕𝚢 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚖𝚊𝚓𝚘𝚛𝚕𝚢 𝚒𝚗𝚏𝚕𝚞𝚎𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝚋𝚢 𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚜, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝙷𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔, 𝙰𝚗𝚊𝚝𝚘𝚖𝚢 𝚒𝚜 𝙳𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚢 𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚗 𝚒𝚖𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚜𝚎 𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚏𝚘𝚛 𝙴𝚡𝚑𝚞𝚖𝚎𝚍. 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚍𝚘𝚎𝚜 𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝙷𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔 𝚊𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚕. 𝚁𝚎𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚢, 𝚒𝚏 𝚢𝚘𝚞 𝚊𝚜𝚔 𝚖𝚎, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚔𝚗𝚘𝚠 𝚝𝚑𝚊𝚝 𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚠𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚊𝚐𝚛𝚎𝚎, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚒𝚝 𝚜𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚍𝚜 𝚜𝚘𝚛𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚕𝚒𝚔𝚎 𝚂𝚢𝚖𝚙𝚑𝚘𝚗𝚒𝚎𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚂𝚒𝚌𝚔𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚑 𝚊 𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚎𝚌𝚝 𝚏𝚞𝚌𝚔𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐’ 𝚕𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚎𝚛 𝚜𝚘𝚗𝚐𝚜, 𝚊 𝚋𝚒𝚝 𝚖𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚝𝚎𝚌𝚑𝚗𝚒𝚌𝚊𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚕𝚞𝚒𝚍𝚒𝚝𝚢, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚊 𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚝𝚕𝚘𝚊𝚍 𝚘𝚏 𝚏𝚞𝚛𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚛𝚐𝚢…. 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚜 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚙 𝚝𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚗𝚎 𝚑𝚊𝚜 𝚋𝚎𝚎𝚗 𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚕𝚊𝚒𝚖𝚎𝚍, 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝙸 𝚌𝚊𝚗‘𝚝 𝚜𝚎𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚢 𝚘𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛 𝚋𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚝𝚘𝚙𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚖𝚊𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚙𝚒𝚎𝚌𝚎 𝚊𝚗𝚢𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝚜𝚘𝚘𝚗. (𝟾/𝟷𝟶)”
While Herzebeth, a reviewer at Metal Storm stated;
“𝚂𝚘 𝚒𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚗𝚍, 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚋𝚞𝚖 𝚒𝚜 𝚚𝚞𝚒𝚝𝚎 𝚒𝚖𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚟𝚎, 𝚢𝚎𝚜, 𝚊𝚜 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚙𝚎𝚘𝚙𝚕𝚎 𝚜𝚊𝚒𝚍 𝚒𝚝‘𝚜 𝚊 𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚝𝚕𝚎 𝚜𝚒𝚖𝚒𝚕𝚊𝚛 𝚝𝚘 𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚌𝚊𝚜𝚜’ 𝙽𝚎𝚌𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚒𝚌𝚒𝚜𝚖, 𝚋𝚞𝚝 𝚊𝚕𝚕 𝚒𝚗 𝚊𝚕𝚕, 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚊𝚕𝚋𝚞𝚖 𝚒𝚜 𝚟𝚊𝚛𝚒𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚗𝚍 𝚏𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚑, 𝚊 𝚖𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝚑𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝚊𝚕𝚋𝚞𝚖 𝚒𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚎𝚍.”
And, in a retrospective review for AllMusic, Brian O’Neill wrote;
“…𝙴𝚡𝚑𝚞𝚖𝚎𝚍 𝚛𝚎𝚖𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚜 𝚑𝚎𝚊𝚟𝚢 𝚎𝚗𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑 𝚝𝚘 𝚙𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝚏𝚊𝚗𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚋𝚊𝚗𝚍‘𝚜 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚘𝚞𝚜 𝚛𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚛𝚍𝚒𝚗𝚐𝚜, 𝚢𝚎𝚝 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚊𝚍𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝚊𝚌𝚌𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚋𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚝𝚢 𝚌𝚘𝚞𝚕𝚍 𝚘𝚙𝚎𝚗 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝚘𝚏 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚠𝚑𝚘 𝚍𝚒𝚜𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚜 𝙳𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝙼𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚕 𝚘𝚞𝚝 𝚘𝚏 𝚑𝚊𝚗𝚍. 𝚃𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎, 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎‘𝚜 𝚜𝚘𝚖𝚎 𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚠𝚝𝚑 𝚋𝚎𝚗𝚎𝚊𝚝𝚑 𝚝𝚑𝚎 𝚐𝚛𝚘𝚠𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐.”
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