Chaos Over Cosmos The Hypercosmic Paradox Review

Chaos Over Cosmos

The Hypercosmic Paradox

Self-Released

2025
 

Founded in 2017, Chaos Over Cosmos is an international progressive metal and technical death project led by Polish guitarist and composer Rafał Bowman. With a rotating lineup of vocalists from around the world, including artists from Spain, the USA, and Australia, the project continues to evolve its sound in bold and unpredictable ways. Despite the distance separating its members, Chaos Over Cosmos has always been created entirely through remote collaboration.

Isn’t that the beauty of the internet? Being able to collaborate globally, producing music that makes your soul happy. Chaos over Cosmos blends heavy technical riffs with guttural vocals, creating a niche that seems all their own.

The Hypercosmic Paradox is 5 tracks of technical precision, blast beats and speed that rivals most speed metal bands. We’re greeted with Taha Mohsin, a Pakistani vocalist, delivering melodic death metal-esque vocals over the tracks.

I won’t lie; I absolutely love technical progressive metal. So, this album is a joy to listen to. The technicality of the riffs reminds me of other great progressive bands like Intervals, Within Ruins and The Algorithm. Personally, the only let down for me is the vocals. The music lends itself to diversity, however the vocals remain harsh. This isn’t to say they’re bad. They fit the rawness were given within the album. I personally am left craving something to sing along with.

The production is top notch. You can absolutely hear the love they have for the music within each track. It is an impressive amount of work to listen to! I feel like the work and effort alone make Chaos Over Cosmos worth listening to. There’s just something about appreciating the talent, effort and grit it takes to make something so technical. Considering that it’s almost exclusively done remote, this almost moves beyond impressive into something magical.
 
~Rook