The Devils of Loudun, a symphonic and melodic death metal outfit from Seattle, Washington, step confidently into the spotlight with Escaping Eternity, their long‑awaited full‑length debut. Though the band previously issued a pair of EPs, this release marks their most ambitious and fully realized statement to date. The lineup includes members of the technical death metal group Aethereus, and that pedigree shows—though here, technicality is channeled through a far...

 California based technical death metal trio Inanimate Existence returns with their fifth full-length album in just seven years, set for a May 10th release through The Artisan Era. Even though being one of the most productive bands around right now, these guys have always managed to deliver consistent quality on every album and ‘Clockwork’ is no exception in that respect. According to the band themselves the thematic focus for...

Equipoise features an amalgamation of well-respected musicians within the technical death metal community, a death metal super group in other words. The seven man strong line-up consist of Steve Boiser (Inferi) on vocals, guitarists Nick Padovani (Virulent Depravity), Phil Tougas (First Fragment) and Sanjay Kumar (Wormhole), Hugo Doyton-Karout (Beyond Creation) on fretless bass, Jimmy Pitts (NYN) on keyboards and finally Chason Westmoreland (ex-The Faceless) on drums. 'Demiurgus' is an...

'Underneath A Melting Sky' is the fourth studio album in only five years from Bay Area based technical death metal act Inanimate Existence, so I guess you can say that they've been quite productive. I've been a fan of these guys since the beginning and all their albums have been solid quality, but still I rank their excellent debut 'Liberation Through Hearing' as the best of the three. So...

Fruit Of The Poisoned Tree is the debut album of American technical death metal band Virulent Depravity, and it's a remarkable strong debut as well. The music is quite complex with thundering drums as the foundation with blastbeats, breaks and tempo changes, but what really makes this album stand out are the guitars. If you're into riffing guitars, insane but yet tasteful guitar harmonies and leads then you've come...