Amazing Fast Tech Deathcore
919420
Way better than their original full length. I am converted. I like how with IA they play blazing fast Deathcore and with their other band Black Tongue they play the slowest Downtempo Deathcore imaginable. They cover both ends of the spectrum quite well imho.
2452846
I agree with some of the reviers about Skinlab. They are truly incredible and totalyy underated as a Metal-Speed Metal band.
Their songs are at the same time fast, loud, and yet soothing to people who like complex patterns of sound and enjoy music that gets their heart racing.
While the names of their albums may keep away POP fans, this group has a wonderful quality and complexity to their music.
Give them a listen and listen to more then 1 song and you might be pleasantly surprised if you like loud, fast music.
Best Regards to All, MC -TheStickRules. Com
2515700
This cd is a masterpeice that melds technical songwriting with sheer brutality.  There is even some twisted melodies thrown in the mix.  One of the best things of this cd is the drumming by Sean Reinert of Cynic fame.  His double bass chops are truly amazing.  Reinert even manages to throw in some jazzy percussion.
The dual guitar attack complete with harmonies is outstanding.  The riffs are all masterpieces.  Schuldiner's vocals are powerful without being too undecipherable.  Too bad this band is no longer  around due to Chuck passing away.  He will be missed.  R.I.P.
449113
I pre ordered this CD probably a month or so ago and was very very Impatient to receive this new album buy one of my favorite bands ever. As another review said this album is over 26 minutes in length. YRTA was amazing but was over as quick as it came. Don't listen to people saying that they have slowed their tempo. It is still fast and brutal and lots of electronic sounds. After all, Jimmy Urines roots were in industrial and his programming shows. On another note, the artwork is all of Jhonen Vasquez( is that spelt right??) and I love everything he has done as far as his comics go. It just adds to the feeling of the new MSI record. My recommendation is to go see them in concert right now with the Birthday Massacre and Combichrist. The long wait was worth it...now if they only re released "tight".
1914677
Full disclosure here, this usually isn't my cup of tea. I love all types of metal and rock, but could never get into technical death metal. It wasn't the harsh vocals, because they're excellent, it was the music itself. Theres so much talent in the metal community, and tech-death is no exception. I just get bored of listening to tedious blast beats and unmemorable compositions. I would listen to an album and nothing would stand out. Ive searched many tech-death bands to find something that breaks away from the constraints of the genre, of producing the heaviest, fastest music possible. With Fleshgod Apocalypses newest installment, I stand corrected.

Ive listened to some of Fleshgods previous albums, Oracles and Agony. I found much of those albums to be repetitive, but enjoyed much more from the latter. With Labyrinth, the band has a more prominent symphonic sound. The fact that this album is a concept album, based on the labyrinth of Knossos in Greek mythology, adds a great dynamic to the already impressive elements of this album. Who wouldnt love a guy screaming in your ears about battle axes and Minotaurs? I know I sure would. Metal and symphony is like a fat sack of weed and a bacon donut, you just cant not enjoy it. By the way, do not, I repeat, do not listen to this album stoned, epileptic seizures may ensue.

This album is incredible, not only because of the symphonic elements, but the musicianship that these guys illustrate is incredible. Dont believe when others say the symphonic elements overpower the bands contributions, because thats not true. They mesh nicely, in a very sophisticated fashion. Francesco Paolis drumming really stands out on this album for me. Theres more diversity than I witnessed on previous releases and there is no filler on this album. The guitars and vocal ranges on this album are immense, and lets face it, the gracefulness of the piano and orchestral arrangements wouldve made Beethoven s*** in his pants.

If you have the same opinion as me regarding most tech-death, give this album a listen. It may change your mindmaybe even your life. Dun dun dun.
2799125
I'm going to do myself a favor and instead of trying to express the intricacies of this album with the written word, I'm going to cop out and say, "If you like Ulcerate, Gorguts, Cephalic Carnage, Gigan, Psyopus or the likes, check these guys out, they won't dissapoint." It's got touches of grindcore as well as noise rock but travels with it's own purpose and finds slinky ways to imbue melody into harsh face-melters. I really like the vocals and they remind me of Bob Meadows from A Life Once Lost sometimes, and sometimes they are buried howls in the mix, that serve to underscore a sickening dirge that sounds like sea-sickness in metal form. See, that's why I wanted to forgo description altogether. Just get it if you like experimental tech-death that comes off the rails at times.
3939201
Wow, This band amazes me,  they can rip like noone's business. This may end up being 2014's album of the year. David Davison has an uncanny knack for song writing and though the vocal styles are heavier and darker, it works perfectly with what these boys are doing. Technical death metal has never been stronger in my opinion, and this album defines why, 4.2 out of 5. Buy and keep up them horns
4843374
Exactly as promised, all 9 members return to put together an album that perfectly represents HTD from the beginning up to now. With that comes all of the old tricks as well. By that I mean that there are some very old-school metalcore sounds in this album that some might see as plain mediocre and tired at this point, but I loved the nostalgia of it. Perfect example being "Accept" which sounds like it came straight off of the "When Everything Falls" album. All in all this is Haste The Day and it shows. Amazing and catchy choruses complete with harmonies and thoughtful lyrics.

However, I had to deduct stars for the terrible production quality. With the amount of money they raised I expected a decent to good overall mix. Please don't misunderstand, I love the raw sounding mixes of bands like Norma Jean who are even known to go so far as to use a combination of equipment that makes the most feedback and noise (cheap amps with single coils)... but for this album it sounds almost unintentional and not very well thought out. I can't make this album sound good on anything including my car or headphones which makes it hard to keep it playing for too long.

For Haste The Day fans this will be a great send off. For anyone else, you'll definitely find some great tunes here but I fear it will come off as very hit and miss. Still, I recommend it for Metalcore enthusiasts.
4262413
Misery Index return with their 4th full length cd.  Basically they stay true to their death/grind sound.  If you liked them before that will not change.  This is fantastic and it was cool to see John from Dying Fetus lend some vocals to the cd as well, kinda bridging the gap between the 2 bands since Jason left DF yrs ago to form Misery Index.  Production is top notch and the songs are brutal.  Lots of catchy riffs that will make the pit erupt w/pummeling intensity.  This is a buy or Die release!!!!!!!!!
421405
In 2009 they realesd thier first full length album "Oracles". It got slept on because they're from Italy. After touring the u.s. late 2009 with Nile, Ulcerate, and fellow Italian's Hour of Penance, and Mind Snare, they started to get very high praises in the death metal underground. Fleshgod Apocalypse is an excellent Death Metal band. Technical and Brutal. Deep Guttle vocals (and for the most part understandable). The music is AWESOME! A lot of people think that death metal is not music, this band proves all of them wrong. The other reviewers are prety close in thier discription. You can hear classical music influences. Imagen a Betoven song played fast and brutal. The lyrics are very creative and smart. They can realy play thier instruments, everythings sounds perfect to a T. The production is perfect. Everything sounds nice and crisp.
Fleshgod Apocalypse is a band to be wreckned with. Because of bands like this, death metal will never die! This cd is a must! Get it now before you end up paying $30 when it goes out of print. Or buy the re-issue in a couple of years.

6/8/10 thier E.P. "Mafia" will be released. 6 songs 29 min. long. Another must have!
878196
If you love the metal punk of bands like Suicidal Tendencies and Agnostic Front then this is a cd for you.
They hit you right out of the gate and never let up. I was not familiar with this group before i picked up Immortalizer but now i want to hear everything they have.
COC style chops that are dripping with punk angst.
Buy this. Put it in your car. Drive real fast!
This is sure to leave you with a sore neck time and time again.
1168017
I am hoping that these guys have a bigger following than is indicated by the low number of reviews posted. If you like these bands :
Almah
Amaranthe
Andromeda
Angra
Arena
Avantasia
Between the buried and me
Children of bodom
Circus maximus
Conception
Devin townsend
Dominici
Brian donahue
Dream theater
Edguy
Epica
Evergrey
Fates warning
Flying colors
Haken
Helloween
Kamelot
Mulmuzzler
Mystery
Pagans Mind
Pain of salvation
Planet X
Porcupine tree
Protest the hero
Queensryche
Redemption
Saga
Sebastian Bach
Shaman
Soilwork
Solid vision
Sonata arctica
Stratovarius
Symphony x
Soilwork
Tnt
Transatlantic ,
You will love these guys! Some of the best prog metal I've heard.
2893279
YES WHAT A BOLD STATEMENT!!!!! BUT O SO TRUE!!!!

THIS IS FASTER THAN FAST!!!!!

You will also notcie the BASS playing(steve!!)..mother of FUKK!!!! more bottom end than the last thunderstorm you had!!

This is alot better than dark angel and a little more extreme than slayer..with much better production as well...AND A BASS PLAYER WHO CAN BE HEARD ALL OVER!!!!!

IT REALLY DOESENT GET ANY FASTER!!! IT's REALLY JUST SCAREY!!!!!!! THINKING ABOUT THE SPEED OF IT MAY CAUSE SOME BRAIN DAMAGE EVEN!!!!! ONE OF THE BEST EVER IN SPEED MUSIC HISTORY!!!!!

I scored this brand new in a long box for 7$..this goes for like 30$ or more now adayz on egay!!

''....ATTACK!!!!!!''
2416141
First off this band broke up long before this cd was even released. Hamartia can be compared to bands like: unearth, prayer for cleansing, apathemy, and nientara. This cd is 10 tracks of devastating metalcore incorporating sweedish riffs, brutal breakdowns, and cruel vocals. This Cd is filled with intensity, emotion, and catchy-ness. Definately one of my favorite cds of all time. This band was great live, and members have moved on to such bands as: Between The Buried And Me, With Honor, Misery Signals, and Bury Your Dead. This is a MUST have for any fan of Heavy Music.
843678
This band is composed of some of the greatest musicians on the planet. Just listen to the guitar in "Through the Fire and Flames"! My face melted by the sheer epicness!! Dragonforce are, without a doubt, the best technical death metal band on the planet because they're so skilled with their instruments and all of their songs are unique and varied.

Avoid generic metal like Atheist, Suffocation, Cryptopsy and Gorguts!
1780900
This band is an excellent addition to the (too-) slowly growing sub-genre of progressive hardcore, alongside such bands as Candiria, Bleeding Through, and some of the more "straight-forward" thrashcore bands like Shadows Fall, Killswitch Engage, Beyond the Embrace, and Erasethegrey.  I'm not a fan of hardcore music, but bands such as these clearly distinct themselves from more monotonous ones as Hatebreed and Sworn Enemy, in that the "prog-core" bands have a singular trait that their peers lack: originality.
Often a problem that prog-core bands get is that they lack direction.  This is especially so for Candiria and BtBaM, for both utilize seemingly random changes and transitions in timing, transition, and tones.  Well, this is both a false accusation and a precise realization; for these two bands have precise explications behind their off-the-wall songwriting.  The songwriting is simply organized chaos, but without any bombastic "wanking" or "cheese," making for a whole new kind of the proverbial cream of the crop in progressive music.
The instrumental section of the band is the usual lineup of two guitarists, a drummer, and a bassist; however, there is such tight musicianship between them, and they have enough talent to blow many an inspiring musician away.  Guitarists Paul Waggoner and Nick Fletcher are full of riffs aplenty, making deep, chugging noises reminiscent of sludge metal - but wait, then it's different suddenly, and they are playing harmonized riffs and/or leads with perfect melodies, a la Swedish Melodic Death Metal...and then they're thrashing out like, well, thrash metal.  Bassist Jason King backs these insane spasms and spurts of alternating, genre-fusing (and -bending) structures with ease, and while individual sections of his performances may be somewhat simple, to keep up with the constant changes is the real challenge.  And then there's Mark Castillo on drums...dear God.  This man is simply unbelievable, pounding away at the skins like he's using hammers to break the set apart, with great control over his double-bass-heavy assault, and endless crashing of cymbals, yet all with perfectly fluid direction.
Tommy Rogers, lead vocalist and lyricist, has a wide array of vocal assaults and delivers them with spastic and hilarious ease, perfectly harmonizing with (but often contrasting) the instrumentation.  One moment he'll be screaming with throaty, guttural wails; next thing you know, he'll be growling with the fury of any death metal band's vocalist...and then suddenly he'll be singing with a clean, simply uplifting sound that is reminiscent of Thom York of Radiohead or Mikael kerfeldt of Opeth (who is also a master of contrasting growls/singing, I might add).
Now...how can I possibly describe the songs?  "More of Myself to Kill" starts off as heavy grind/thrashcore, then shifts more into death metal, then into...I'm not sure how to describe it.  "Arsonist," a direct attack on a specific church in Kansas (which openly protests against homosexuals), is as brutal as the harsh lyrics.  There are so many moments of beautiful, distortion-free guitar harmonies and leads, haunting singing, and wave upon wave of screams and growls and fiery riffs of doom...oh, it's all such a flurry of furious/beautiful power.
I'm not being too clear in describing this album, am I?  Well, just listen to it (or the fantastic sophomore effort, THE SILENT CIRCUS), and you will know what I mean.  Between the Buried and Me create and dwell in a void of progressive musical psychosis...and it's easy to fall victim to it.
1421945
i love this album.this is pure evil at its most vile,disgusting stage.this is a gore grind masterpiece of brutality mixed wit great musicianship that is very underrated.i strongly suggest you get this if you like regurgitate,napalm death, and luddite clone.