ESCHATON
Techtalitarian
Transcending Obscurity Records
30 May 2025
It looks like Metal Archives shows at least seven bands with this same name, but this is the technical death metal band from Naugatuck, Connecticut, and Lowell, Massachusetts, in the United States. They began in 2006 and have released an EP and two full-length albums before this new 2025 album. The founder is Josh Berry, and for this album, the line-up is: "Christian Münzner, formerly of Obscura and Necrophagist, accompanying the band founder Josh Berry on guitars. For the vocals, they have enlisted the services of Mac Smith of Apogean and Abyssalis, and for the bass, they have brought on Scott Bradley from Inanimate Existence, while Darren Cesca of Pillory and formerly of Deeds of Flesh and Arsis continues to hold down the fort on drums." This new album features ten songs in 45 minutes. The vocals showcase lower and higher growls, switching between death metal, brutal death metal, and black metal styles, so it's not monotonous growling. The drumming is a clinic in dexterity and frenzy-paced technicality, and together with the bass guitar, it provides a robust rhythm section. The guitar playing is insanely fast and shredding. In other words, this is technical death metal just like the doctor ordered.
I like this type of unhinged but skilled technical speed. Just because I am not able to write an essay on this type of blasting speeds and technicality, that doesn’t mean that it is not fun. There’s tons of shredding, which is something that I also like. The sheer speeds and agility are fun all by themselves. If you would like a comparison, it’s a bit similar to some jazz and classical music, or even instrumental shred metal music, in the sense that musical ability does matter a lot. In order to execute at this level the musician has to have the ability to do crazy things with the instruments. This new album is totally my cup of tea. You know, when it comes to technical death metal, this is exactly the kind of stuff that really feels like an adventure in metal music, but in a good way because this is not experimental-weirdo metal. You would think that Eddie Van Halen, Joe Satriani, Yngwie Malmsteen or Dave Mustaine would at least nod their heads in approval of the instrumental skills of this band. It's a good blend of intricate playing and sheer skill that just hits all the right notes (so to speak, because I know nothing about music theory). I find it satisfying to hear a band execute this style with such precision and intensity. This type of technicality is also fun to watch live because it makes you wonder how they are able to play these songs in the live setting. Anyway, fans of fast, crazy speeds in metal music, this album is for you.
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