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From crushing guitars, the fastest drummer alive, a lyrical genius, and a bassist that cut off his own cast just to play again, comes Black Dahlia Murder and their new album Deflorate. This album mixes all of their past releases into one epic, monumental album that is without a doubt, the best metal band I've EVER heard.  Black Dahlia Murder is in their prime and show no signs of slowing down at all. The beautiful dynamic of Deflorate is that it is relentless and doesn't stop at all. It's straight metal every song. As each song progresses, so does the technicality of each song. The solos are bone crushing, the drums are mach 5 speed, and the lyrics are top notc... (read more)

2011 is a good year for progressive technical death metal.  So many excellent releases, and you can easily add German progressive tech metal virtuosos OBSCURA to that list.  It seems whenever anyone in OBSCURA touches an instrument, their midas touch turns a composition into gold.  Such flawless execution, razorsharp riffing, tight musicianship, and aesthetically, their latest 2011 Relapse Records release Omnivium is absolutely gorgeous.  The band knows how to do a little bit of everything.  You could label them as technical, complex, brutal, math, progressive, experimental, extreme, intelligent - OBSCURA are a rather unique outfit.  If you've been living und... (read more)

CARNIFEX are a band who has seemed to grow very fast in popularity.  More than likely, you've heard of these guys, but if for some reason you haven't, if you're a fan of The Black Dahlia Murder and Suicide Silence, you should have no problem getting into this band.  Their latest release, Until I Feel Nothing, has its ups and downs, but I do think the band is starting to walk in the right direction. The album opener “Deathwish” is short but sweet.  The whole song is a buildup into a massive breakdown which I wish they would have carried out longer, but I must say, I really dig that breakdown.  After hearing “Deathwish”, I was very exc... (read more)