Allegaeon - Proponent for Sentience (FULL ALBUM)

[@glodardoe]

These guys have put out some of the best music in the past decade or so and get, like, no recognition. Too good to go unnoticed.

[@giancarloamc]

lets hope the tides will change with this album, cus Jesus christ is it GOOD

[@glodardoe]

Giancarlo Alvarez It's so beautiful!

[@paulangelaist9051]

that happens to all the greats

[@glodardoe]

Unfortunately...

[@Merek29]

No arguments here, same boat as Immolation in that regard imo.

[@scottlauren3145]

Its hard to find a band that impresses me these days. Just so much quantity but very little quality, as far as bands in tge whole metal genre in general. With that being said, I just found these guys an hour and a half ago, listened to this album from start to finish, and I am very very impressed. I am now driving down to Zia Records to purchase this cd so i can have a physical copy. Then I am going to check out their other material. This album is just awesome, really don't have any complaints. Well done, guys.

[@davidkowal4217]

Be sure to listen to their other albums as well. They are actually better in my opinion.

[@Krew2New]

Be sure to check "Accelerated Evolution" from Fragments of Form and Function. One of my favorites.

[@MATheus5555able]

in mine too bruh, specially elements of the infinite

[@rokipanjul8765]

xp

[@Metalton95]

By now, you've hopefully discovered more awesome tech death and progressive metal bands. It's all undergound, not at the top rows of festival posters - sadly.. Bloodshot Dawn (Demons) Beyond Creation (Earthborn Evolution & The Aura) Obscura (Omnivium, Akroasis, Cosmogenesis & Diluvium) Archspire Rivers of Nihil The Faceless Virvum Aethereus The Ritual Aura Coexistence First Fragment Stortregn Gorod Alkaloid Inferi ..and so many other awesome bands are just waiting to be discovered by metal fans in general, beyond us tech death nerds.

[@melodicmetalman6665]

Why oh why have I overlooked these guys for so long? I'm a melodeath guy through and through but also like me some high quality tech death as well. Allegaeon seems like a perfect mix between the two genres.

[@brandonmackey2477]

Buy this record!!!! Support this band!!!!

[@lordamunguitar5868]

I love this album. Allegaeon have become one of my all time favorite bands

[@PreciousMetalTrove]

Technical melodic riffage: ✓ /A\ Must be time Lyrics about Science and shit: ✓ /// \\\ for a new Flamenco classical guitar: ✓ Allegaeon Some new orchestral elements ✓ \ /// \\\/ Record 1/100th the recognition of Beyonce ✓ ͞ ̿ ̅ ̅ ̅ | | ̅ ̅ ̅ ̿ ͞ | |

[@matthewcook9531]

That intro to Grey Matter Mechanics is just awesome

[@dhatribalz7772]

The end of Graymatter is just so beautiful ! I'd take a whole album of this

[@yamibakura7296]

these guys randomly came up on my Spotify and at first I thought I was listening to arch enemy for a minute and had to check my phone, which led me here. I'm not disappointed one bit

[@johnstanton7118]

man I randomly found these guys the other day. How i nthe fuck are they not more well known? Melodic, techy and brutal is one hell of a mix. I can't stop listening to all hail science, it is such a catchy track!

[@AZColt1971]

Album of the year for me. Technically great, diverse, cleans, screams, growls, I mean we even got some flamenco in there! Love it!

[@Iceberg6606]

This band is simply phenomenal! I was so glad to see their set ahead of Ne Obliviscaris and found them to be one of the best non-headlining acts I'd seen in years! Their atmosphere and overall presentation, not to mention their actual music were awesome! Just a perfect blend of sound! I hope these guys get some serious press soon!

[@schramcole145]

What a wonderful Wednesday to be scrolling through KZbin and come upon this glorious creation. Thanks Metal Blade!!

[@olmategamer]

these guys never do a bad album - smashing it since their EP

[@IamFilter94]

I can't believe it has so few views. I've never heard anything better and I don't know a single band whose music is getting better over time.

[@Astral_voyager_]

IamFilter94 you don't?

[@michaelpshena3003]

Not like this no. Alegaeon just keeps improving while other bands become shit

[@broosamdiloaofplagues2015]

Allegaeon is a permanent mainstay on my playlist for everything from work to gaming.

[@RyanDowell85]

If KZbin allowed multiple likes, I still couldn't like this hard enough. This album is amazing.

[@jeffvega4037]

wow a full record ! thanks metal blade

[@jeffvega4037]

did you ask mr hawking if you could use his work? lol

[@PreciousMetalTrove]

Bitch, please! Dr Hawking asked whether *he* could feature on the new Allegaeon record ;P

[@pjeromaster]

Are you serious? Honestly that would be awesome!

[@andreideaconu7232]

It looks like they wanted to recreate his voice on proponent for science 3

[@KHfan4ever23]

Definitely an album of the year contender for me.

[@volimNestea]

For me too. Though it does have some competition...

[@Baas-je]

Like what?

[@volimNestea]

Like the new Insomnium and Vektor for example (biggest contenders in my opinion). Or some more obscure stuff such as Vale of Pnath's II, First Fragment's Dasein or Cthe'ilist's debut all of which are amazing. Speaking of obscure, there's the new Obscura (forgive the pun), and there's also the new Revocation or if you're into the more melodic stuff, the new Solution. 45 is also great. Also praised by many is Ihsahn's Arktis. And there's more still. And keep in mind the year isn't over yet, there's three more months to go. So yeah, you might say it has some competition, though I'd say it's up there, definitely top 3 for me.

[@surpluscollector1654]

yeah id say terminal redux gets it for me but htis is great

[@volimNestea]

This is the most likely to win for me. But who knows, there's a quarter of the year to go, maybe Terminal Redux grows on me more.

[@satellite_anomaly]

Cognitive Computations at 50:17 through the solo til 51:31 will likely go down as one of the highlights of the album. Of Mind and Matrix (23:05) and The Arbiters (53:33) also have my vote in the top 3 best songs of the album.

[@ClyFaker]

How'd you know today is my birthday? Best present from a complete stranger ever!

[@dingleberg5816]

Just when you think it can't get any better, they do Subdivisions :O

[@here2offend]

just showing off. FUCK YEAH!!! great cover.

[@MattieAnneL5string]

In this age of days, it takes something extraordinary to capture my attention and gain my complete respect. This album is absolutely fantastic!! Great mix, great compositions, excellent song writing, BRAVO gentleman!! This album is going to be a timeless classic!

[@scottlauren3145]

You literally took the words out of my mouth. I just posted a comment about 10 min ago saying the same thing. It takes a lot to really stand out and impress me these days, especially anything in the metal genre in general (i listen to all kinds of music, metal just being my fav, always has and always will). But i just stumbled onto these guys, listened to this album all the way through, and am now heading down to Zia records to purchase a physical copy of the cd. Then I need to check out their other albums. This made my day.

[@joshferrara7765]

These guys have everything I could ever ask for from an amazing metal band...melodic, heavy, technical, amazing lyrics and vocals. Please keep it up guys. All of your hard work shines in this album. Soooo f*cking good!!!!

[@TkMan326]

The Algorithm is extremely epic. Definitely my favorite out of the 3 parter

[@lokillohots6878]

The Extermination is also very good, very technical

[@karandras33]

Cognitive Computations tho...

[@karandras33]

oh shit and the arbiters is even better!!!!

[@TkMan326]

Dude... Arbiters is probably the best track on the record I think. 57:16 blew my mind lol

[@Lipschitzable]

2016 is the year of Metal, all those releases, holy cow

[@SpaghettisMania]

2019 is awesome too

[@Metalton95]

2018 was the year of the decade imo, arguably the greatest album-year since 1990..!!! All of my top 21 favourite releases that year deserve some major credit; from Aborted, Enblood, Revocation and Slugdge to Rivers of Nihil, Cryptopsy, Amorphis and Irreversible Mechanism.

[@absoluteinfinity1197]

Holy Thor, I've just found my new favorite band! its the perfect combination of orchestration, heaviness, technicality and darkness for me.

[@Zuthar13]

Perfect album, knocked this one out guys!

[@barroerabonatarda7045]

What's your favorite song so far? Mine is The Extermination after first two full listens to the album.

[@shredfactor7]

All hail science personally

[@guyperson2984]

That throat singing though

[@drummer7557]

Listen to THE WEEDS WILL PROSPER...the BEST. imo of course.

[@AlexiLeclerc]

My favorite has to be The Algorithm; the whole song feels so epic. I get chills every time I hear the line "yes, I can hear you". It just conveys the feeling of that moment so well to me

[@wrathbliss]

Arriving via Amazon Prime on release day FRIDAY!. Great to be able to hear it now...WOW!

[@GeminiFate]

So damn glad I found this band! I need to buy their albums asap!

[@altx1978]

Metal Blade is doing something right, I suppose... I found this and I like it so much that I decided to order all 4 of their albums (until a couple of days ago I had only heard a couple of songs from them).

[@torstenadamietz6744]

Awesome ! Not often heard such a versatile album played at such a techncial high level.

[@RedSheap]

This year we got Great is Our Sin, Terminal Redux, II (Vale of Pnath), Solipist, and now THIS! Great time to like technical music!

[@jkgramps]

First, I'd like to thank Metal Blade for sharing this. I've been a fan of Allegaeon for several years now. I have all of their cd's except this one (I will be rectifying that shortly). Despite the personnel changes they've undergone over time, they've remained consistently excellent. Good jobs guys - great album!!

[@nathanedward7077]

Easily one of the single greatest, original, true Metal bands that's ever been. i could listen to this particular album for breakfast, lunch & dinner. This band almost cant & shouldn't be defined. They exist in a class and genre all to themselves. The sheer talent, intricacy & layering is nothing short of incredible. I can't remember the last time a new band emerged and absolutely floored my ears and mind from track one to the very end of the record; evolving and exploding with a musical genius and possibility that's actually achieved and delivered... Not since Tool have i found or heard or experienced such pure and energizing fire and fired-passion in music. Allegaeon is easily the new standard of what metal and rock & roll should and can be. They've raised a bar for music. For Metal.

[@lucasstruna3962]

Revocation

[@CrisMadness666]

My skin bristles with this album, it's perfect, more than an hour of excellent death metal lml

[@manjenson]

Welp, these guys are quickly becoming my favorite band. Science plus Death Metal, all day every day.

[@beckoningoblivion739]

It's so good it's not even funny. Allegaeon are the next big thing in Extreme music.

[@calebhohneke8482]

Right??!! Super stoked for these guys. Amazing musicians! Allegaeon and Fleshgod Apocalypse are my absolute fav extreme metal bands.

[@tony_brasco]

Caleb Hohneke Fleshgod is also my all time favorite extreme metal band. I just discovered these guys. Intro song reminds me of Marche Royale so good.

[@MegaQwerty567]

i saw Fleshgod live the other day, and while i'm not a huge fan of their style, they do an absolutely amazing job on stage

[@volimNestea]

This made my day.

[@nathanedward7077]

LOL- “excellent”

[@sannydevi1749]

YESS SUPERTARSE FULL ALBUM .ALLEGAEON...

[@NotEvenOptimusPrime]

51:00 - 52:17 Jesus those solos in cognitive computations left me speechless

[@jmhanelineiv]

I really hope this shows up on some top 10 lists and gets mentioned on Banger's Lockhorns Death Metal debate tonight.

[@benodell7906]

Those guys have their heads up their asses when it comes to top 10 lists, last year they just put whatever new album came out from their favorite old bands even though 2015 had allot of great music coming from newer bands.

[@Lil_fang866]

Can you tell me some? just to hear some new music.

[@funkyfantastico583]

Last year albums? My top for 2015 is 1) The Anthropocene Extinction by Cattle Decapitation (Deathgrind) (BEAST) 2) Antiliv by Tsjuder (BM) 3) Exercises in Futility by Mgla (BM) 4) The Ravenant King by Visigoth (Power/Heavy) 5) Antikatatesis by Abyssal (Death/Doom) At least, those are the albums i enjoy the most from last year

[@JorgonQ]

This album is a guitar junkie's wet dream. Holy fuck. "Of Mind and Matrix" has some of the best composition I've heard in a long time.

[@skat3b0ard420]

proponent for sentience 3 is my favorite song right now. that intro is insanity.... absolutely perfect...

[@RobertJones-jp7ui]

As of 9/21, album of the year. So good!

[@steven8000]

No sir. This is awesome, but album of the year is still Terminal Redux by Vektor.

[@maaaaaap]

if this is better than terminal redux holy shit this will be good

[@volimNestea]

Honestly, I think people consider Terminal Redux to be so good because it was unexpected. It is a good album though...

[@maaaaaap]

volimNestea I don't think it was unexpected, they already made two 4 or 4,5/5 albums before

[@volimNestea]

And yet, nobody talks about those...

[@AZColt1971]

I know no album is perfect. I listened to an interview with Burgess and he even expressed some regrets about how they could have done better, but DAMN! This album is about as close as it gets! I guess you gotta love that about musicians, they are their own worst critics. Burgess said they always feel like they can do better. Well.....I can't wait to hear their NEXT album then!

[@Yashiro-nene_dies]

This album is amazing and one of my favorites. But you should check out a band called Be'Lakor especially the album Stone's Reach. Only other band that I know that can match allegeaon composition.

[@AZColt1971]

Hey I took your advice and thanks for it! They are very good indeed. I will be checking more into them.

[@airtripper17]

Mlizar Be'lakor are my other favourite band atm. I recommend listening to their albums from the earliest to the most recent. Stones Reach first. Then Of Breath and Bone, then finally Vessels. They just get better and better. Allegaeon is the best technical death right now and Be'Lakor is the best melodic death metal.

[@roxas6565]

Allegaeons new album is absolutely amazing! I'm loving this album!

[@jaychen2000metal]

You guys keep killing it. Favorite modern death metal band!

[@nine4736]

So, when i first heard these Titans..mouth agape , I was an instant fan . Always a fan of Metal flavored metal..they are pristine .Truly otherworldly.I had no idea this entity of absolute genius and purity of lyrical form could exist. It is a beautiful and terrifying thing to behold.I was born in Cleveland Ohio. Now living in Florida .No dates for a show here on this tour. I will be at the July 30th venue in Columbus..if i have to ride a dragon there...fly on my vacuum ..very stoked. Insanely ..

[@TheKnightPatriot]

Just saw them last night along with Cattle Decap and Whitechapel. One of the best shows I've seen in a long time.

[@natehartman5643]

this album is my asmr

[@kylebutterworth6516]

that's fucked, I just left an asmr video to check this out

[@kazoshay]

watching 9/11 footage is mine

[@Matt-xe9dj]

try not to cut yourself with all that edge buddy.

[@DanihelMetalPromotion]

The only thing that gives me ASMR is good music, especially loud and in a live setting. All these soft talking vids are surely relaxing but I never get tingles.

[@dekubutler1702]

this just made my prostate explode.

[@FacundoSS_Guitarist]

Insane. my favourite track it's Proponent for Sentience III - The Extermination.!

[@ZedTubeGaming]

This is immense! Having these albums free to listen to on KZbin is also a genius plan, Ive just bought two Allegaeon albums and two Rivers of Nihil albums and booked tickets to go see them in November :) Cant wait!

[@NavsangeetSingh]

Of Mind And Matrix is such a cool song :D :D :D

[@hansdieter9760]

easily one of THE best metal albums of the last decade

[@Halamax]

this is by far the greatest band i have pleasure listen to since mine discovery of Tool! it pushes all the buttons needed for me to enjoy it and praise it. Love the guitar work, i love new vocalist, i love how they progressed with songwriting and how they are play with different styles! cant wait to listen to this on my vinyl, so stoked!! MetalBlade thank you for this and Allegeon, greeting from Poland wish to see you here asap :)

[@Kinggg679]

Fajnie ze Ci sie podoba. Mam nadzieje ze wspierasz tez rodzime kapele. Allegaeon (do poprawki w komentarzu) podoba mi sie na rowni z Psycroptic. Z naszych to wiadomo:Vader, starszy Decapitated, Hate, "banda Nergala" i reszta. Pozdrowionka!

[@sannydevi1749]

Yess amazing brutality...

[@Marweinicus]

Of Mind and Matrix at 25:40 anyone? WHAT. THE. FUCK.

[@alternatedementia666]

That's my favorite, so far, but I've only listened to the whole thing twice so far, and the whole thing is great.

[@Marweinicus]

Best 20 seconds of the entire album. Already listened to that part 100 times :)

[@ApplySomePressure54]

for me the best part is the chorus of Proponent II, so fucking good YOU MAY NOT INJURE A HUMAN OR BY INACTION BRING TO HARM

[@tomwnukowski3943]

We need a play-through vid of this song, so badass!

[@tomwnukowski3943]

After quite a few listens, I think this is the best track on the album...

[@MayOcampo]

Some time ago i read something in a Metal Magazine: Every member of Allegaeon has such skills, that seems almost unfair to the rest of musicians out there... ALL HAIL ALLEGAEON !!!!

[@rationalityfirst]

Bought! Thanks Allegaeon, thanks Metal Blade!!!

[@MikeZillaGuitarGuy88]

best melodic death metal album I've heard in years!!!!

[@stunningcactus978]

Intro sounding very Fleshgod Apocalypse! Nothing wrong with that!

[@KhaosKontroller]

One of my all time favorite bands. And this is definitely the best album I've heard this year. But please, ffs, can the featuring vocalists be mentioned in the song titles?

[@MayOcampo]

Björn Strid ... Disarmonia Mundi & SoilWork ;)

[@AyZeD]

lol May Ocampo I haven't listened yet but I would have known Speed as soon as I heard him

[@thepeoplehateu]

Have you heard Terminal Redux by Vektor?? That album blew me away and for me is definitely the best album this year.

[@KhaosKontroller]

Yeah I heard it. It's pretty good yes.

[@jaychen2000metal]

It's Riley McShane from Son Of Aurelius

[@stonehead66]

I love all allegaeon albums, but imo this one is their best so far! Saw them recently live in Vienna - that was a killer show! Easily one of the best concerts I attended to (although their playtime was sadly a bit short). I truly hope they keep up their great work!!!

[@jeanhiriart4725]

Super album, énergique, brutal et cependant mélodique, merci beaucoup !

[@Vordix1]

these guys deserve to be more famous, this music is hard as fuck to create.

[@qwertyasdfg1261]

Just found this band at work. breaking out into head banging sessions out of no where in my cubical. people looking at me like Im a freak. This is the most brutal shit I have herd in a LONG time . Thank god

[@jonasmessiaen871]

I really need to get my hands on their cd's 'cause I've watched this video like a 100 times...

[@kocherstephan5418]

most underrated band ever. thy're so fucking awesome! I hope to see them one day live in switzerland...

[@Sirtalksalot92]

BTBAM and ALLEGAEON tour!!!!!!!!

[@phyllischurch297]

Josh Church: Great musicianship!! And besides the playing, don't think I have heard 1 song I don't really like. Keep killin it!!

[@brandonvanharen2552]

Finally something able to pull me away from Cattle Decap for a while.

[@logan1373]

Saw these dudes live last night, they are awesome.

[@jarithesaunalover6008]

This is their best album in my opinion and i fucking love it!

[@ironharambe9983]

For the love of science this album is glorious

[@ragnar5588]

Album of the year period!

[@Stickmanzed]

19:17 breaks my neck every time. Holy shit everything in this album is perfect.

[@wishuhadmyname]

I first heard of these guys when i saw they are going to be touring with Ne Obliviscaris in the fall of 2017. They kick ASS and I am now looking forward to seeing them live as much as NeO!

[@jamesbannister7512]

after listening to this my guitar work picked up alot and I officially love playing 8 string beast mode.

[@basedjorts]

Greggoroth is such a beast. His acoustic playing is amazing.

[@Invadershock761]

Favorite album from 2016 hands down.

[@Awesomesausages]

Hearing a poundin' cover of Subdivisions was not what I expected when reaching the end of this album, but it's a welcome surprise! :D

[@creepsheadquarters]

preferred the serious side of this band. This album making a fan. Almost saw play a live show the van broke down and they showed up to the venue late,so got to see and meet most of the band, but not see Em play.2014ish

[@dennisryan7729]

As if the music itself wasn't great enough, the lyrics are awesome too! "All Hail Science" for example. Really appreciate what they're saying.

[@himynameisdragonlp6957]

I love Proponent for Sentience III - The Extermination

[@michaelkey9549]

Holy fuck, why have I never heard of this. This is bloody fucking incredible.

[@mattfucku5246]

thank you for making another ass kicking record I have been a fan for a while

[@canecorso12]

I cannot wait to see this in my mailbox! Great work fellas!

[@MrKozeman]

I loved everything about this album, possibly my favorite they have done.

[@OkapiHerder]

Can't wait to see these guys on Tuesday in Toronto!!

[@palemoonlight1892]

Of the 'modern; death metal bands Allegaeon are the very best. Elements of thrash, great musicianship, variety and distinct. My very favourites - Shadow of Intent and Fallujah the next and also super-duper!

[@ramcharger154]

Round about and subdivisions covers brought me here. Now I will stay

[@SmokeyBeard]

We're not Worthy!!!!We're not Worthy!!!!

[@nathanedward7077]

LmAO - nice movie reference dude

[@TheSpirituralWackadoo]

This music is kick ass. You guys our getting me out of the Mandela effect.. albums all in the perfect frequency man

[@justinh.453]

LikeDropped™ Amazing work and dedication is heard and felt upon a full album review. Solid purchase. \m/ \m/ 10/10.

[@PaulKingMetal]

What a great album. I'm loving it !!!

[@ReliaK79]

Este es un verdadero albumazo, de inicio a fin, puros temazos

[@Luke_BR_]

Uma verdadeira obra de arte, do início ao fim.

[@Astral_voyager_]

People are complaining about the length in reviews but I love this album

[@paulkalafatis5560]

for real? I getting pissed when an album isn't 40-50 minutes at the least. This is perfect

[@daruckus85]

Faptacular. Another great release. Sick year of metal!

[@cwx8]

metal album of 2016

[@glenellisquinn]

It's like if Winds of Plague knew what they were doing