Allegaeon "Damnum" Review

[@gregburgess4211]

Thanks fellas, appreciate it.

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Not a problem, man! You guys knocked it out of the park again. Bravo.

[@TBaggins96]

This currently sits as my favorite album this year so far. I didn't expect them to top Apoptosis, but they left it in the dust in my opinion.

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- There's already a few that I think are contenders for album of the year but there's so much coming this year so it's hard to make a call just yet. I think this might be better than Apoptosis though and I love that album.

[@TBaggins96]

@@thrallsofmetal for me Allegaeon, Amorphis, and Needless are sitting at the top fighting it out.

[@MoSweiti666]

This might be my album of the year so far. I just love every single thing about it. The diversity, the emotion, the lyrics and the songwriting are absolutely phenomenal. Sounds like they took lots of influence from Opeth, Scar Symmetry and Obscura at times. Incredible album and I truly loved the experimentation with more clean vocals. Riley is an incredible vocalist.

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- It's definitely in consideration for my year end list already. I was pretty damn blow away by this and it sounded like the next logical move for them musically. I think they flat out mastered their sound on Apoptosis so it was time to add some new elements and broaden their sound even more. Letting Riley go off more vocally was a giant difference maker here on this one. His vocal change ups give this album a ton more emotion.

[@opethflames4343]

I'm about to dive into this bad boy and get ready to see them in a couple weeks, nice review as always Thralls!

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Thanks, man! Unfortunately their tour is coming anywhere near here so I'll have to wait for the next round of touring but I'm definitely going to be jamming this a lot.

[@mathieuroy1301]

My favorite band since formshifter. Every song is great, every style peppered across every song is mastered. Their videoclips are funny which is refreshing in the genre compared to all the other bands trying to act out or something. Just a great great great band.

[@samuelwetz8378]

allegaeon rules! They did A cover of Roundabout By Yes last year. And it ended up being one of my favorite covers! So I can’t wait to hear this new album!

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Dude, I fucking love that cover of Roundabout almost as much as I loved their cover of Subdivisions. I just love this band's style though. They're just plain amazing.

[@naxo210]

Absolutely amazing album as i expected, i was already very pumped about this after hearing the singles, did not disappoint. 4.5/5 all day. Great review as always guys!

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Thanks, man! They're super consistent but I think they really pushed themselves on this one and made and even bigger album than before.

[@IREMEMBERNOW]

Just cannot remove this from the turntable. Just continues to blow me away. Have thoroughly enjoyed every release, especially apoptosis from 2019, but this is on a new level. The record that all other releases have to beat this year. Great review guys. 👊🏻👊🏻Joe

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Thanks, man! I've jammed it about 3 times so far and it's such a killer listen. I loved Apoptosis but I think this one might be better just because they've expanded in all the right directions in my opinion.

[@averyravenseye2651]

IMHO, this album is 🔥🔥🔥

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Totally agree, bro. It's cool to hear some new wrinkles in their sound too.

[@hectorThechilldudeonacouch]

The drumming and vocals are the highlight for me.

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Man, I thought the whole band was killing it but I think Riley showing off his vocal prowess was the thing I really got into.

[@hectorThechilldudeonacouch]

@@thrallsofmetal yeah its a phenomenal record all around.

[@davidburns6284]

Great review. Fantastic album.

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Thanks, man! These guys knocked it out of the park again.

[@alexperry4691]

I'm pretty picky with Tech Death, I usually gravitate to the more Old School /Caveman form of DM, but From the few tracks I've heard from this, I'm digging it pretty hard.. Agree with Shred, I can definitely hear Ghost Reveries era Opeth, which can never be a bad thing lol.. Keep up the good work guys, these reviews are coming thick and fast!

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Thanks, man! I'm pretty much the same way when it comes down to tech death. A lot of it gets lost in trying to noodle and blast you to death but these guys know how to flat out write killer songs. I think becoming a more progressive band was the right move because they have so much in their wheelhouse musically.

[@steazfactor3637]

Only loss is a fantastic final track. The thing that’s awesome about this album is it’s a hour long but it feels more like 40 minutes because of how buttery smooth the pacing is.

[@damianhealy300]

I love Allegaeon's old stuff. They would get deep in the pocket of killer riffs. I was SUPER skeptical of this one after hearing the singles and the new clean vocals. But wow, so music music to absorb. Will take many listens to get through the depth of this release and I think I will really like this in the end. Still prefer the older sharper higher growls of old than the guttural mutters that we hear now. They do show up at times here but not enough for me. Good stuff for certain. You guys planning to review the new Vio-lence EP?

[@liametheridge9148]

Man I had never heard of these guys before, I listened to this completely cold, and my god what a fucking ride! This album was fucking awesome, I'm gonna have to check out the rest of their catalogue. Those leads were some of the best I've heard for a long time. For me this could be a top 10 album for the end of year list, and it'll be one that I am going to be playing to death for the foreseeable future 🤘🤘

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Man, you jumped on at what I would call a watershed moment here because this might be their best album yet. The rest of their stuff is killer to but more straight forward when compared to this monster. Burgess is such a killer guitarist an honestly you'll hear that on every Allegaeon album. The dude never skimps on giant hooks and killer leads. Yeah, I have a feeling this might be a year ender as well.

[@liametheridge9148]

@@thrallsofmetal tbf if the rest of their catalogue is even half as strong as this then they clearly have something special. I'm definitely very interested to see where they go next and how they'll continue to expand their sound. I also hope I can catch them live soon

[@peterock4210]

Wow. This is an amazing release and a nice addition to my rotation. Unrelated, Pretty amped to see Immolation tomorrow in a small venue. First time seeing them and Mortiferum opening!

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- I think this this might be their best yet honestly and I think Apoptosis was one of their best as well when it dropped. This is very different though. We'll be seeing that tour when it hits Detroit on the 15th. I'm stoked as fuck to see this show.

[@Hideousspawn13]

Discovered these guys with Elements of the Infinite. Still fucking love that album. Proponent for Sentience was also a blast. For some reason I never fell in love with Apoptosis but this new one seems like a return to form just in terms of enjoyability. But you’re right these guys are super consistent and their leads are some of my favorite from any modern band

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- I've been following them since the debut and I've became immediately. I think this is a really cool shift in their sound and kinda one I think they needed to make. They pretty much perfected what they've been doing on Apoptosis so introducing some new elements and expanding on them was the right move.

[@jakesadowski6838]

Enterprise Earth The Chosen was my AOTY this one just takes the top spot so badass

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- This album has a damn(um) good chance of making it on my year end list already. There's a lot of year to come though.

[@demonicmidwinter6603]

I’m seeing them live tonight with Omnium Gatherum and Black Crown Initiate

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Unfortunately the closest that tour is coming to my neck of the woods is Chicago and that's a bit too much of a hike for me. Have fun at the show, man!

[@demonicmidwinter6603]

@@thrallsofmetal thanks brother. Bummer you won’t be able to see this tour. Hopefully we get to meet at MDF

[@niklaskarlsson8833]

Killer album and as per usual a killer review! A tip for you guys, don´t miss Rotten Tomb´s first album Visions of Dismal Fate. OSDM from Chile. That album fucking slays! \m/ 😀

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Thanks, man! As I am a giant OSDM fanboy I'll have to look into Rotten Tombs.

[@niklaskarlsson8833]

@@thrallsofmetal Also heavy doom influences. Dark and gritty as hell!

[@chadgautier2864]

Riley McShane was in pathology for a bit. So he has absolutely insane vocals. I think he has a video of him singing to pathology cover.

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- I forgot he was in there but I do like his work in Continuum. That dude's growls are brutal as fuck but I love how he can switch it up with the cleans.

[@chadgautier2864]

@@thrallsofmetal he really is a great talent. They are playing here tonight. I am not able to go. My tears are flowing lmao

[@robertsparling917]

The album art for this reminds me of either Cannibal Corpse's Butchered at Birth or Six Feet Under's True Carnage album!

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- I was thinking more Dream Theater honestly but that's cool too.

[@steazfactor3637]

I love this band. I’m not a fan of melodic death metal idk I’ve always found melo death kinda boring but this band does a great job of blending melo death and other things. Killer album.

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- I'm still and old school melodic death metal fan but these guys added so much to that core sound with all the lead work, brutality and now more progressive elements. This is definitely one of the most exciting bands in the subgenre now.

[@chadgautier2864]

McShane is his last name.

[@specialed.2461]

guys. guys, guys, I love your show but what is preventing you from playing a snippet of the songs that you are reviewing? Please consider.

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Copyright, bro. I'd rather not chance it and that allotted 7 to 10 seconds wouldn't do any band any justice. I'm pretty sure we've had this conversation multiple times. There's almost always singles out before we even review these albums and occasionally full album streams. I strongly encourage you to give the bands themselves streams/ views on their label's channels or their own. It helps them as well.

[@carlosmenendez8720]

To me the music in this album is very, very good extreme music; I was very happy that there are 50+ minutes of it, so you definitely get you're money's worth and more. Unfortunately FOR ME the clean vocals just don't fit here other than the ones that sound like Opeth in "Called Home" . Leave that for the bands that have less than this awesome musical talent

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Honestly, I think the clean vocals really added a lot more emotional depth to the album for me. I love their usual blitz of insane riffs and solos but I always thought Riley was holding back a bit vocally when the band demonstrated they had the giant melodic hooks that clean vocals would have worked over. I like that they expanded their sound more and the fact this has a lot of prog metal on it really made the clean vocals work for me.

[@carlosmenendez8720]

@@thrallsofmetal One thing you'll agree with, 2022 started with a BANG. Holy crap :) There is already so much good stuff out there....

[@steazfactor3637]

A little over a month and surprisingly this is actually my favorite album of 2022, idk I’m always excited when I’m jamming this at work.

[@lisao6928]

I don't get it. These guys can play, but I thought this was terrible.

[@thrallsofmetal]

Necrotic Nick- Much like anything, I don't think it's for everyone but it's cool that you gave it a chance at least. I really dug this one but I've also been a fan since their first album so I'm pretty used to what they do.