Derik Roddy is one of those people who has a gift for the genre, having been was born with more than two arms. Intricate and extreme, the drumming goes from moderately fast to insanely fast, all with the rigourous and solid execution that even a man named Xy* couldn't do with a drum machine. It just never lets up, and in retrospect that blast beat that opens the album is hardly a blast beat at all!
The dual guitars provide that extreme driving metal feeling -- one usually providing continuous rhythm, which in the end just adds to the insanity, and the other on very modern power metal style lead -- simple and melodious complete with muting. While they simply don't have the chance to match the speed of the drums, the guitars still manage to get some amazing mileage on the short songs.
In the end, the extreme of the genre is about raw intensity and raging aggression, both of which are in more then abundant supply on this recording. I often find it hard to say good things about such music, but this album is just done so well there isn't anything bad to say about it. It makes me want to break stuff!
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