French technical death metal band The Scalar Process are on to something. They’re playing insanely fast and catchy technical death metal with loads of melodies and infuse atmospheric bits in their music that elevates them over their peers. No Clean Singing premiered a brilliant track AT THIS LINK. Here’s an excerpt from the extremely well written feature –
“flamboyance is only part of the album’s attraction, because the band are equally skilled at creating contrasts, enabling dramatic changes of mood and the introduction of atmospheric elements that are vital in making the songs memorable as well as pulse-pounding”
PRESS (so far) –
– “one of the best starting off points for tech-death in the new year” – Headbanger Reviews (US)
The Scalar (France) – Coagulative Matter (February 19th, 2020)
Genre – Technical Death Metal
Release Date – February 19th, 2020
Record Label – Transcending Obscurity Records
For fans of – Coexistence, The Zenith Passage, Beyond Creation, Necrophagist, The Faceless, Archspire, Cynic, Inferi
French technical death metal band The Scalar Process have put together a sublime full length album imbibing everything great about the style and keeping a human element to not render it too mechanical. This is a highly flamboyant excursion into the realm, brought about with gusto and fervour, exploring various sinuous pathways and atmospheric passages, and leaving a lasting impression at the end of it all. Few albums can pull off this kind of poise and execution, straddling myriad moods and also not meandering long enough to lose momentum; the album remains suitably aggressive without losing the emotive value. This is for fans of bands such as Coexistence on the label, along with genre stalwarts such as The Zenith Passage, Beyond Creation, Archspire and more, upholding the standards and bringing their own to the table. The future is bright for this promising young band whose debut should go down as one of the finest in the genre in recent times.
Band lineup –
Eloi Nicod – Guitars, Composition
Mathieu Lefevre – Vocals
Clement Denys – Drums
Guest appearances –
Clement Denys (Fractal Universe) – Session drums for the album
Scott Carstairs (Fallujah) – Guest Solo on Ink Shadow
Mark Garrett (Kardashev, Viraemia) – Guest vocals on Mirror Cognition
Enlia – Female choirs on Azimuth
Tommy Bonnevialle (Virulent Depravity, DeathAwaits) – Guest piano solo on Coagulative Matter
Artwork by Bastien Jez (Exocrine)
Track listing –
1. Elevation
2. Cosmic Flow
3. Ink Shadow
4. Celestial Existence
5. Mirror Cognition
6. Poisoned Fruit
7. Azimuth
8. Beyond The Veil of Consciousness
9. Ouroboros
10. Coagulative Matter
11. Somnambulation
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