Arsis - A Celebration of Guilt (2004)

1. The Face of My Innocence
2. Maddening Disdain
3. Seven Whispers Fell Silent
4. Return
5. Worship Depraved
6. Carnal Ways to Recreate the Heart
7. Dust and Guilt
8. Elegant and Perverse
9. The Sadistic Motives Behind Bereavement Letters
10. Looking to Nothing
11. Wholly Night

Origin - USA

Style - Technical Melodic Death Metal

" The minute this album kicks in gear with "The Face Of My Innocence" it’s just a whirlwind of sheer melodic chaos. The guitar playing is tight, the solos are good, and the vocals have this high pitch shrill that sound like what would happen if you genetically spliced together a Norwegian black metal lunatic and Jeff Walker "

" There are no filler songs. Every song here is jammed and crammed with so many changes and intricasies. However the music is also different than most out there so it is hard to provide comparisons. Caustic, abrasive and vitriolic yet still capturing a melancholy level of melody in their music Arsis has obviously spent a large amount of their time polishing, sharpening and perfecting every composition and it shows "

One of the best releases of 2004 period !

Go Ahead !........G.E.T. It !

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Archons - Consequences of Silence (2008)

1. Intro

2. Enigma of Torments

3. Of Pride and Prejudice

4. Obsolete Lifeforms

5. Plague of Corruption

6. Wandering the Burning Land

7. Pulverizing Inner Toughts

8. The Fall of a Dreamer

9. Beyond Anger

10. Delusional Beliefs

Origin - Canada
Genre - Technical Melodic Death Metal


" In honor of my up-coming vacation to canada..........Heres a new band from Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec with their debut full-length "

" While listening to this I couldnt help but think these guys sound alot like a more technical version of Dark Tranquillity.....I think its mostly in the vocals but Archons can play....Tight Drumming and Staccato guitar riffing makes for a great debut.....And the production is a monster "

Fans of Technical Melodic (not overly) Metal......This deserves your attention !


Descend Into Nothingness !...........Get It!
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Neuraxis - The Thin Line Between (2008)

1. Darkness Prevails
2. Wicked
3. Versus
4. Deviation Occurs
5. The Thin Line Between
6. Dreaming The End
7. Standing Despite...
8. Oracle
9. Phoenix
10. The All And The Nothing

Origin - Canada

Genre - Technical Melodic Death Metal

" Brand New 5th full-length of technical mastery "

Review Soon..........

Blind the Vision That Shatters!...........Get It!

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Neuraxis - Trilateral Progression (2005)

1. Introspect

2. Clarity

3. Thought Adjuster

4. Shatter the Wisdom

5. Monitoring the Mind

6. A Currative Struggle

7. Chamber of Guardians

8. Caricature

9. Axioms

10. The Apex

Origin - Canada
Genre - Technical Melodic Death Metal

"Neuraxis are a veteran death metal band who have put together a fourth album of impressive heaviness and quality. This is also intermingled with melodic sections, while still retaining the brutal atmosphere that hangs over the album.Whilst musically Neuraxis wear their death metal credentials on their collective sleeve, lyrically 'Trilateral Progression' is a strange beast. Not many death metal albums begin with the line "Wisdom is the apex of intellectual performances" and end with "temporal cycles, hidden melody of the stellar regulations "

" The music on this disc, although a few tracks stand out, congruent with the musical themes of the album. All of the songs tie together, in other words. Tight, fast riffing, blasting drums, melodic passages, and vocals which can only be described as a malevolent swarming force combine to make one of the most interesting and unique albums in recent metal. The production is clean, with all instruments (even the bass is somewhat audible as it lends heaviness to the riffing) being presented clearly. The drums are in the forefront, but do not drown anything out. Think Testament’s “The Gathering” and not Cryptopsy’s “Once Was Not” and you’ll have a good idea of the preeminence of the drum sound in the mix. The vocals seem to come at you from all directions at once, and feature guest spots by Jason Netherton of Misery Index, Pat Loisel of Augury, ex-vocalist Maynard Moore, Alex Erian of Despised Icon, and Guillaume Audet of Nefastus Dies "

" Neuraxis are tight, technically adept, and fast yet are able to write infectiously groovy songs which inspire headbanging !.......Cant wait for the new album.........

The album art, done by Mike Riddick, is absolutely stunning!


An Atmospheric Holocaust!..........Get It!
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Arsis - United in Regret (2006)

1. Oh, the Humanity

2. ...and the Blind One Came

3. United in Regret

4. I Speak Through Shadows

5. Lust Before the Maggots Conquest

6. The Marriage Bed

7. The Cold Resistance

8. The Things You Said

9. Hopeless Truth

Origin - USA

Genre - Technical Melodic Death Metal

"A quick description for the unaware – think of highly technical and rapid-fire melodic death metal"

"The songwriting tandem of James Malone (guitars, vocals) and Michael Van Dyne (drums) resides up there with some of the giants in today's world of metal composers.Malone has hands down become one of the masters at writing two different guitar parts that, as singular as they are, mesh together with pristine and immaculate precision. His use of both staccato picked runs and fluid legato licks simply amaze me, while his lead work is arguably some of the best to be heard .Van Dyne’s performance is simply ablaze with cunning chops as he’ll go from a solid thrash beat one moment to a half-time beat bringing out some groove within the riffs through the next turn. Then he’ll pummel you with some furious kicks and stunning blasts and throttle you with his ability to rip across the toms with some luminous fills......in the end this record needs your immediate attention...spin it a few times to fully get the complete feel.

Request by Geetard

Go Ahead!..........Get It!

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Arsis - We Are The Nightmare (2008)

1. We are the Nightmare

2. Shattering the Spell

3. Sightless Wisdom

4. Servants to the Night

5. Falling Winds of Hopeless Greed

6. Overthrown

7. Progressive Entrapment

8. A Feast for the Liar's Tongue

9. My Oath to Madness

10. Failure's Conquest

Origin - USA

Genre - Technical Melodic Death Metal

" 3rd full-length Lp from the Virginia crew........"

New Release Monday !.............Get It!

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