The Discovery

Go ahead and toss me in with what appears to be a tiny minority of journalists that don't think BORN OF OSIRIS' "The Discovery" is the greatest thing since moist towelettes. Given the obvious jump in compositional creativity, which I will readily admit approaches the awe-inspiring at times, it may be befuddling to some that I find the synthesizer-soaked, progressive deathcore that was so fresh and charming on 2007's "The New Reign" and 2009's "A Higher Place" has all but disappeared on "The D...

Sumerian/Soulfood (52:57) Kalte Wut, mechanische Präzision und die unendlichen Weiten des Weltalls. 15 Trips hat dieses Album im Angebot, befeuert von monströsem Death Metal und hochkomplexer Rhythmik. Versüßt wird die Reise mit starken Melodien, schlauen Hightech-Samples und einer Leadgitarren-Arbeit, die in ihrer Virtuosität zuweilen die Reisekosten ganz alleine wert ist (´Release´). Das alles führt zu