The two guitarists shred from every inch of their fretboards, forming riffs that alternate between being face-melting and melodic.Īnother man that walks the line between intense and clean is Allegaeon’s singer Riley McShane, who makes his debut with the band.
This choral beginning followed by a cacophony of cellos immediately sets the track’s parent album apart from any of Allegaeon’s prior work, adding a symphonic metal edge that feels eerily reminiscent of Fleshgod Apocalypse.Īnd then the track itself roars into life with sweltering, thrash metal-inspired riffs from duelling virtuosos Greg Burgess and Michael Stancel. The record springs to life instantly with the apocalyptic, Phantom Menace-esque choir of its first title track ‘Proponent for Sentience I – The Conception’. But do not let the group’s youth be mistaken for immaturity some metal acts spend their entire careers trying to create an album as great as Proponent for Sentience. When compared to their rock n’ roll peers, the Colorado based melodic death/progressive metallers are a comparatively young band, having only existed for eight short years, during which time they have released (almost) four albums. The best metal release of 2016 will be Allegaeon’s Proponent for Sentience, which will crash land onto an unsuspecting world on 23rd September.
Some say it’s Amon Amarth’s Jomsviking, some say it’s Gojira’s Magma, some say it’s Anthrax’s For All Kings, some say it will be Metallica’s Hardwired… to Self-Destruct when that drops in November, but the real answer lies in none of these records. ★★★★★ Since the start of the year, there has been debate in the metal community as to what the best album of 2016 is going to be.
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