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Favorite track: Icon Of Malice. What the fuck just happened? This is an underground tech death gem, honestly as good as anything out now. Furious, precise, and mind warping. Favorite track: Fractured. Pat Hawkins. Creighton Jenkins. Ian Malone. Benjamin Bryant. Brandon Castaneda. Kenneth David. Mykola Makhin. Brendan Brown. Sean Hampton. Johnny Harboe. Brett MacIntosh. David Zemanek. Sean Kim. Kevin Williams. Nicholas Agado. Matt "Hild-e".

Shinichi Tagashira. Andrew Hawkins. Kyle McMaster. Tom Stamm. Shaun Beckley. Derek Webster. Daniel Fazio. Brian DeKeuster. Spencer Werhan. Andrew Edwards. Purchasable with gift card. The drum work of Jordan Suecof also does an incredible job, and while once again incredibly technical, he never feels the need to mindlessly blast his way through the album, and instead creates great catchy beats that compliment the guitar work superbly.

Another good point in my books. While a bit hard to hear, at no point is Mike Poggione slacking behind bass duties. Not only can he match what the guitars are playing which is an incredible feat in itself, but his basswork is well done especially in the beginning bass solo to Refusal.

Sadly there aren't any more examples of great bass solos in this album and I feel that this album would've greatly benefited from this as well as boosting the bass levels a little higher. Now I move towards my one gripe with the album, the vocals. Matt Heafy is a pretty weak vocalist, and his hardcore yells do not compliment the music as well as the instruments have done do which is a big gripe.

However his vocals aren't so bad that you have trouble listening to the album as I have felt with the latest Psycroptic offerings. Luckily on the songs Machines and Icons of Malice, Jason Suecof takes over for vocal duties and his are a significant improvement of the weak and incompetent Heafy.

Suecof's voice sounds more akin to a death metal vocalist and does wonders fitting in with the bands music perfectly. However Machines is the shortest song on the album and these are the only songs he takes over for vocal duties before Heafy gets behind the mic. The contrast of this is so great, its like going to a nice winery and getting a nice, year aged bottle of Red Wine from a supermodel that compliments your medium rare Steak perfectly, and then going back next day and getting an ugly old witch that takes a warm bottle of Coors Light and jams it up your ass.

Though luckily the horror and disappointment of the event is not enough to ruin your meal where can I get a steak this good?? Another Gripe I have is how short the album is, it only clocks at , which goes by really quickly and the album would've been benefited by more songs, as they are quite short the average song on this album Is about with the longest being Despite these minor gripes, this is an incredible example of technical death metal and I urge every fan of good quality metal to pick this one up, as you will not be disappointed with it.

I didn't enjoy this album the first time that I heard it in it's entirety. Sure, the musical elements and musicianship are indescribable, and the prog elements are outstanding, but the vocals offset me, to say the least. I'm not sure exactly why I was so disturbed by his voice and vocal pattern, but I could not get through the album. I set it down for a few months. When I finally came back to this album, I realized what a beauty it is, musically, vocally, and conceptually.

The progressive and technical elements of Fractured are irreplacable, and belong solely to Capharnaum. The composition of Suecof and Vieira's guitar work is brilliant.

Poggione's bass work goes well with the guitars and the drumming on this album. The first few songs on this album are extraordinary, and the guitar riffing suprised me based on technicality alone. Over time, I grew to love Heafy's voice.

It fits the music exceptionally well and there is no longer any qualm in my mind as to why his voice is the way that it is. A few highlight tracks are "Machines" and "Icon of Malice". Both songs are amazing, have brilliant musicianship, and flow very smoothly. The guitar solos are beautifully put together and definitely give the prog element a bit of a boost where it is needed. The drumming never fails to impress me. Comprised of trash beats, ridiculously long fills, and technical percussion pieces, Jordan Suecof is truly a drummer that can stand on his own two feet in this genre.

To say the very least, Capharnaum takes a bold step in the genre of progressive technical metal. Their music is exceedingly different from other bands that attempt the same style as this band. They are a landmark on modern metal and this album is a staple on the metal "scene" that will always stay. In conclusion, I would like to state that this album is not limited to a small number of fans. Anyone who enjoys music that is heavier than prog rock will enjoy this album and appreciate its technicality and intellect.

I recommend this album to anyone willing to take a half an hour out of their lives to listen to some great musicianship and composition. This band has brought the casual assumption of destruction and putrefaction into very well organized and assembled Death Metal with eloquence that clearly understands what it wants to achieve, a brutal work were only the truth remains dominant and good artistic quality.

The Guitar here is what would capture the casual listener, as the riffing disputes even the most technical of bands such as Nile, Necrophagist, Spawn of Possession and Martyr. Unlike the majority of those bands, Capharnaum distributes a vast array of imaginative and original riffing which avoids the usual monotonous laziness of most virtuosic instrumental ability such as Dream Theatre, Cryptopsy and Nile.

How so? Simply by excellent phrasing and melody, with creative implementation and introduction to the music.. The vocals here are what gives this material away, although sometimes brutal and entertaining, most of the time it is just continuous singing with interesting lyrics, which do serve importance as this material dabbles in philosophy quite a lot, with interesting observations and how to reject the "free" world.

Structure is excellent, although it is pure frenzy work, no real syncopations or any of the sort exist, although it simply doesn't matter since the contribution of the detailed ideology of this work is impeccable, added to that the fire of the drumming, bass and guitar playing, you have Capharnaum. This side project from new producer Jason Suecoff and friends is an interesting listen to say the least.

With an allstar lineup including the likes of Daniel Mongrain from Martyr and Matthew Heavy of Trivium, this album shows a tremendous display of technicality and catchiness. The guitar work on here is phenomenal. Suecoff and Mongrain exchange mind blowing riffs and solos throughout the entire record. These guys are pros. Apparently Mongrain would have spent about five days tabbing out and nailing his parts, which is amazing in itself.

The drums are also quite spectacular. Jordan Suecoff, despite his young age, proves to have a playing sensibility that is beyond his years. The guy never stops adding little fills or intersting cymbal and high hat work while maintaining a steady yet complex rythm pattern. Time signatures fly around and notes flow like butter, yet it isn't too overwhealming for a casual listener.

The vocals may be the only sour point of the album. Matt Heafy is the singer of Trivium, and does a fair job at it, but his voice does not suit this sound very well.

The two tracks where Suecoff sings are the best vocal tracks on the record. His voice is deep and more reminiscent of a death metal sound.

The guitar solos are out of this world, infusing jazzy patterns along with shredfests of sweep and alternate picking. The song structures are short and to the point, similar to that of Atheist's work. They don't go overboard on song length and it helps keep the listener interested. Like I said keep in mind that the vocals are not that great and do not have a very important role in the sound. This record is a tremendous technical effort which musicians and attuned listeners are likely to pick up on.

I've read the first review here a couple of times and then listened to the album afterwards, and the two just don't seem to come together to these ears. Yes, Capharnaum are technical, yes, they're pretty brutal and dayyum, can they play their instruments, but is there more to it than the sum of the parts?

No, not really. For technical death metal, Capharnaum are quite catchy. Unlike a great many contemporaries, their song structures don't meander in a linear fashion, stopping and changing every 5 seconds for songs lasting up to five minutes at a time.