The Zenith Passage - Datalysium (FULL ALBUM)

[@metalbladerecords]

Listen to the album in its entirety and chat live with the band here for the live premiere on July 22nd!

[@PAULJohnson-w4x]

Thanks Metal Blade

[@AndrewLein]

Thanks Metal Blade

[@PAULJohnson-w4x]

@@AndrewLein thanks for replying

[@AndrewLein]

@@PAULJohnson-w4x thank you

[@ryanadams6750]

Can I speak to the manager... because this is to good for modern humans... they will kill peoples ear holes with audiogazams

[@CunchwapSupeme]

This will go down as one of the greatest tech death records of all time. This is up there with epitaph and planetary duality without question.

[@longshanks5531]

No, this is not even in the realm of Necrophagist lol….And Soreption does this style better anywho.

[@XueYlva]

@@longshanks5531 I love The Zenith Passage, but I agree with your whole comment.

[@MrNecryptic]

@dylanfrey9478 The reason it needed to be said was because Sir Crunchwrap placed this on par or above Necrophagist's Epitaph and Faceless's Planetary Duality. This album sits below both, but not by very far, It basically is Planetary Duality 2.0 if it was written by some tech death version of ChatGPT, which they might have been going for so I think it's pretty neat. Had the taco bell menu item simply said this album was great, there wouldn't have been any disagreements from any of us commenting here I imagine.

[@JeanEverettWagner]

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[@anthonydavella8350]

Alustrium kicks ass too@dylanfrey9478

[@shangrilah2571]

What The Faceless should have been by now. Exelence.

[@metalsadman]

shame

[@MrNecryptic]

For real

[@JeanEverettWagner]

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[@JeanEverettWagner]

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[@RustyRed17]

Agreed! The Faceless does have some good stuff, but they could be a lot better.

[@PERPowns]

All-time great metal album

[@ugmoses8]

Already listened to the album twice today and cueing up for a third listen in headphones. TZP has crafted another masterpiece. I love their sound. It can be challenging to stand out in this genre but they accomplish it beautifully! Cheers for Datalysium!! 🤘

[@louadipietro9040]

They are very original sounding. Refreshing among a sea of metal bands

[@cmd_f5]

They pretty much take all the best parts of the modern tech scene, add some OG spices and it's just awesome. I think I'v spun this like a dozen times since it came out. You can tell a lot of time went into this material. They nailed it.

[@JeanEverettWagner]

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[@JeanEverettWagner]

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[@trossbossinit]

10/10 album, TZP is incredible!

[@ludoecrudo]

This record is the legitimate son of Epitaph and Planetary Duality. I'm in tears, amazing work bois

[@BagusWibisono]

yes absolutely, I meaning like that. Crazy album, congrats TZP!

[@kareltrumm2258]

No,too robotic record as every tech death metal ones today!And it's not catchy too.

​@@kareltrumm2258 For the last few years, I've been listening to way less metal for some of these reasons. it gets difficult to digest and for most of these bands, it all goes crumbling down live because it can't achieve the same feel or end result (There are exceptions of course !). But honesty for this album yeah It is robotic but I find the production way more agreable to listen to than other records. Well balanced, tight playing and there are some nice groovy licks in there !

[@icipher6730]

​@@kareltrumm2258"too robotic" you say. It's almost as if..... it's the theme and the aesthetic of the entire album. Crazy, right?

[@mattk858]

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[@Ray_Getard42069]

Balls: Droppin Cake: Flappin Pants: Farded n Shidded Oh yeah... Its Datalysium time.

[@Mugenloo]

xDxD

[@liliIiliIilil]

I've listened to this album so many times and I'm still in love with it. So good.

[@cosmicneurons1311]

so nice to hear non-boring tech death. Some bands do it right. but this makes me think of necrophagist/ the faceless when this genre was just popping off.

[@Demiurge66]

TZP is really setting a new standard in the genre, it's OK to be different, it's OK to add elements that may be unconventional. The reason I stopped listing to tech metal years ago was every band sounded the same and it got boring fast. I hope this album and TZP can pioneer the genre for more creative albums to come after it.

[@SatanicDesolation]

I definitely hear Necrophagist here too!

[@xavierwiseman6124]

Well the guitarist and vocalist were part of the faceless at one point in time. So def big faceless vibes. Closest you'll get in my opinion

[@Demiurge66]

I listen to the album, you can hear a lot of hard work and creative thought to push their boundaries went into this album. This is one of my favorite tech/death/prog albums, up there a long side Necrophagist. Groovy, jazzy, technical, brutal and progressive all blended together beautifully.

[@Demiurge66]

I wanted to add, holy shit I didn’t realize how intense the songs was till I heard it on my cars surround sound speakers, I hear all the little details, the synths better wow it gives you this existential crisis discovering a new reality/unifying and fusing between two parallel universes like the album cover I can’t explain it. This album was mixed and engineered so well I’m blown away still.

[@Burlyx]

@@Demiurge66 the faceless will still be the best with jazz iin my opinion right next to beyond creation. its hard to find deathmetal bands that are prog with jazz.

[@longshanks5531]

This does not compare with Necrophagist on any level lol.

[@Pure_KodiakWILD_Power]

@@longshanks5531 You lie, fanboi. "L" "O" "L"

[@eternalbot9837]

That transition tho!!!! Edit: forgot it was the entire album played through. Yoooooo. The transition from Axiom of Error to Algorithmic is other worldly!!! Major goosebumps vibes!!

[@louadipietro9040]

Same thought dude, that was epic

[@luisruiz2446]

Was brushing my teeth as I tore the album and yes 🤯🤯, had to nod at the speaker in a sign of approval 😤🤘🏼

[@tomskimcdouglegaming806]

Bro, the transition from Divinertia 1 to 11 was fucking insane. Made my spine jiggle.

[@cmd_f5]

100% to all this.

[@IgnacioCentu96]

Foul body autopsy to Mutilate the stillborn

[@Lucassdrummer]

Amazing stuff right here. New fan.

[@endlessorbaggins8223]

Very refreshing and creative. High level tech. All sound like it was distilled a hundred times, every section and transition is well thought. The music is breathing despite being fast and dense.

[@SkinnyCharlie1]

Absolute AOTY. Nothing even comes remotely close. TZP has outdone themselves. I swear Deletion Cult is one of the craziest things I've ever heard.

[@Metalton95]

While I agree it’s (tech) AOTY and Deletion Cult is the best song, “nothing comes remotely close”? Not even Gorod - The Orb with songs like We Are The Sun Gods, Breeding Silence, Savitri & Scale of Sorrows? Especially the first 2 are already tech death classics imo 😃

[@kozmotopia]

This LP is totally FIRE 🔥🔥🔥🔥 Those stops, tempo changes, 32's... I mean, SMOKIN' HOT man. "Synaptic Depravation" and "Divinertia I" are my early favorites.

[@tomskimcdouglegaming806]

The remixes are great. The production quality is actually insane. The compositions are mind boggling. The progression through the album is stupefying. Album of the year? First Black Medium Current and now this. It's been a good year for high quality metal so far.

[@alicj5806]

Album of the year!!

[@sarcass]

I can hear a little bit of Necrophagist in some of the tracks... Beautiful 👌🏻

[@cody_calhoun]

And Faceless and Soreption

[@CesarGonzalesF]

Tears in My eyes =(

[@hastyhillfarmand4x480]

Old decapitated

[@ngmelville]

The way you guys maintain the intensity throughout, then Datalysium drops right at the end. Amazing work here Justin!

[@Remmy0930]

TZP is just in a league of their own at this point. Another instant tech death masterpiece. 🔥

[@Franq85]

Great album 👍

[@ericfranklin1836]

Dear The Zenith Passage, Thank you -a fan

[@Slay_Maniac]

Definitely album of the year! Waiting since planetary duality for that album. Big Thanx to The zenith passage, and Metal blade records!

[@CarsonsVideos]

same

[@satarello]

what a great modern metal music !! I love it

[@WesThrailkill]

this is the stuff

[@gregangelmusic]

Killer record. Been listening to it since I got my preorder earlier this week! The transition from The Axiom of Error to Algorithmic Salvation knocked my socks off. I definitely prefer drum sound on Algorithmic Salvation on this better than the single version.

[@louadipietro9040]

You guys out did yourself!!! Top tier tech metal!! 🔥🔥🔥

[@dantelombardi]

🤘wow Incredible album🤘Amazing band🤘

[@DingusMcBrungus]

that Axiom of Error groove riff smacks so damn hard, it's like a horde of evil oompah-loompahs squat dancing towards you menacingly

[@rezmetalpodcaster]

Axiom of error reminds me so much of Decapitated before they went groove metal

[@zagumaar]

@@rezmetalpodcaster Yes ! it has some the negation vibes to it

[@stevenshoe2515]

Menacing Oompah Loompah gives me the hebee geebeez

[@TheonetrueRad]

😂

[@JeanEverettWagner]

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[@PrimitiveInTheExtreme]

🤘👽🤘

[@pablopastene5562]

me encanto el disco. gracias

[@viking_sith_lord]

Just wow 🤘🏼🤘🏼

[@straygoat4366]

Don't stop. I'm not finished 🙌

[@piotrmbukowski]

I'm on a streak of discovering amazing bands lately. Man, your previous LP was badass, but this? How the F you surpassed that? Hats off.

[@nr1w0r1d]

A true pleasure to listen to. Thanks

[@DariuszKlimczakkwadrart]

tak się gra nowoczesny metal, świetna produkcja

[@KardashevBand]

It's the boys! This album SMAAAAAAAAAAAACKS. Great job boys! I'm interested in the story behind all of this. haha

[@theofficialsaharon]

Awesome

[@ojiagu5696]

Holy fuck,this is my heaven!!!! Love the influence of early the faceless Sound.thus is a masterpiece guys

[@uchimabr6128]

I was a tech death fan 10 years ago, with the Faceless being one of my favorites. I just run into this band a few days ago and instantly recognized the style. Killer album.

[@brianbarrett2487]

This album slaps so hard. Saw it up on YT Music at 5am on the bus to work. My neck is sore!

[@Ivanimirus]

Can relate ;D

[@yonikexxxx]

what a expierence, the joy of life

[@quinetastic]

WOW! I AM *BLOWN AWAY*...WHAT A🤘 KICK ASS ALBUM 🤘THANKS VERY MUCH FOR POSTING THIS ❤

[@MysteryArchives]

Incredible album. I am beyond happy to have preordered it.

[@Vicdotted]

Stunning chaps. the tech slams hard but the composition creams even harder. Perfect mix of technicality and musicality and the production is so refined and clean. Best Album of the year by far. All hail the zenith christ lol

[@longshanks5531]

You’re joking

[@trackjunky3338]

raisin the bar for those to follow for sure - \m/ from oz boyz , bout time you headed down here and blow minds yeah !!!!

[@Metalton95]

I can't get over how good this is! ...and I wasn't a fan before this album :o (0:00) THE AXIOM OF ERROR -Brutal opener (not unlike Gorod's "Chrematheism" :D). 2:00 & 2:08 are some sick solo runs! (02:27) ALGORITHMIC SALVATION (10/10) -LOVE the super intense percussive main riff! Love the more bass prominent breakdown from 4:08 onwards, and the solo (4:28) is tasty af! (05:57) LEXICONTAGION (10/10) -3rd best song on the album - Awesome percussive main riff, classic tech death verses (6:25), and 7:08 is heavy af. The prog break at 7:36 is GOAT'ed! (8:21 for solo) (09:38) SYNAPTIC DEPRAVATION -11:06 TRippi. Tasty lead at 11:42 followed by an atmospheric break (12:07) with a bass solo (12:16) and guitar solo (12:35)! Cool synth layer & outro at 13:51! (15:50) DELETION CULT (10/10) -Song of the year! Tight riffing (16:26), and I LOVE the dynamic riffs and shifts between synth & guitar (17:11)!!! And a breakdown at (18:44). (21:04) DIVINERTIA I -More tight percussive riffing, which then turns into a more eerie atmosphere (21:51) becoming more uplifting at (24:00). (26:20) DIVINERTIA II -Starts atmospheric, then a swift tempo change at (27:48) before tight picking ensues. (29:17) for the best guitar solo on the album! (31:43) AUTOMATED TWILIGHT -Cool prog track with awesome buildups for the chorus (32:49 & 36:53). Great synth climax (34:21) and tasty solo at (35:55)! (38:44) DATALYSIUM (10/10) -2nd best song imo. 41:09 beautiful "chorus"! (42:02) first great solo on this song! (43:43) is just a magical climax! (44:10) BEST SOLO ON THE ALBUM!

[@sarcass]

Automated Twilight reminds me of Haken, but, a better Haken 😅

[@xeyon]

@@sarcasssorry but nothing compares to haken

[@hastyhillfarmand4x480]

​@@xeyonHaken is really good, but for one thing this is nothing like Haken, this is tech death, not prog metal, and for another, meshuggah is better than any other band.

[@JeanEverettWagner]

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[@JeanEverettWagner]

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[@PAULJohnson-w4x]

It sound awsome I didn't have doubt

[@EricWillliiams]

I play metal guitar,and have played for30 years! I personally enjoy this album and wait patient for others. Thank you Eric Williams

[@anildhital]

Awesome album🎸🎸🎸

[@rocksamplerdrums3735]

Es tan bueno que ya voy por la 3ra pasada lml jejejejejee... Pero comentarlo junto a sus progenitores, seguro!!! lml🔥

[@elguaripolo686]

I have no words to make weight to the quality of this album, my comment just represents the need of giving recognition to the band, and team that produced this whole masterpiece. This is healing and inspiring for me. SO GOOD.

[@JeanEverettWagner]

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[@drewcooney7314]

Yall really got metalheads out here crip walkin goddamn

[@Dethious]

Terrific album from start to finish! 🤘

[@bigdemi]

Incredible album. It's been mentioned already, but the transition between Axiom and Algorithmic is superb.

[@adino20]

Is this as close as possible to production perfection? It sounds so huge.

[@Demiurge66]

Dude, I'm VERY impressed how well engineered and produced this album is. This mix is huge and full of life.

[@johnmcintyre2123]

This record sounds so crisp. So clean. So tight. So heavy. Amazing. The guitar sound is something special. I can’t do it justice in words, but all the guitarists know what I mean. Dat tone 🥵

[@scotchedtape]

Been playing this nearly on repeat for about a week now. Incredible album!

[@janusfreeman4368]

Smooth and tech as fuck! Never heard about this band before, but WOW what a production! Stole my ears right away - eargasm!!! Congrats with this great album, well done

[@anwsommer]

This is such a phenomenal album. Keep pushing that boundary.

[@MAHAMADAMAHAMADA-wb2ep]

METAL FOREVER

[@eugenetkachev]

Tech-Death is back baby!

[@Prod117]

I haven't heard something this good in years. These guys are definitely at the top of my current dm bands. Beautiful!

[@jeroenhulleman1683]

I'm a software engineer and I linked this to my coworkers and they asked wtf this kind of music was.. I told em it was technical debt metal.

[@MrNecryptic]

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[@progpogs]

I laughed, but I'm not happy about it.

[@JeanEverettWagner]

যোঙ্😂

[@JeanEverettWagner]

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[@JeanEverettWagner]

Brad Brad Repent

[@cmd_f5]

Am I crazy or did this album make you cry too? Like it's perfect. The emotions, the riffing, that drum work, the vox. It's probably the best thing I've heard in about a decade. Well done guys.

[@solenya4983]

Thought I was the only one, starts out so heavy and gets emotional in the latter half. A rollercoaster of an album and I love every second of it.

[@gnodab2036]

I'm one bad mf. Don't get me wrong. Only thing I love and hate is when SICK FUCKING MUSIC makes my throat tighten up and tears leak. But I'm grateful I come to appreciate art to this extreme.

[@nickouellette4985]

You trollinn, bro? tzp is all about anger

[@jttech7919]

Thought something was wrong with me shedding tears

[@AUTOPSY666]

Yep

[@OutrunTheSunlight]

The transition from Divinertia I to II made me go "what the fuck" out loud

[@ruin3r]

Their style is like the one moment on each Archspire album where they rap-growl to the beat except whole songs of that, and i'm here for it.

[@steffankirkham1277]

"rap.... growl" i'm LIVID at your choice of description there.... lol

[@marcocalvarese9411]

Imo this is the album of the year so far. Great sound technique, effects and hook. Sometimes you can't understand how they can keep together some sounds but they do and it dumn works! It's like mixing meshuggah, primus, between the buried and me and some gojira, fusion, progressive and elettro. I loved it and divinertia 2 is probably my favorite together with algorithmic salvation

[@XenoalchemY]

Amazing album, amazing band.

[@philb7431]

Been since Scarve and Soreption that I've paid attention to any tech death, bc most modern tech death is overproduced and formulaic. That said, this album is amazing. Some Decapitation here, some Cynic/Atheist there, some Holdsworth/Thordendahl leads, and beautiful synths.. the list of combinations and influences goes on.. holy fuck does this blow one's mind...

[@Diverdjent]

Multiple eargasms in a row! 🤟🤪👂💦🎶

[@TylerM589]

I show this to everybody every chance I get even if they don’t like metal they are always blown away

[@helldar390]

Need more of this, this relaxes me so much. Please don't stop making music. I have listened to this album once per day for one month.

[@raven_g6667]

I deleted a previous comment becuz i think it was a little patronizing. Yea, the guitarist use to be with Faceless but this band has truly come into their own.

[@millerandall4102]

🤘

[@marcoahonavarro3060]

thank you for this upload!

[@Bubudeathdrums]

Necrophagist an The Faceless great influences !! But I don't read anything about PSYCROPTIC one unfortunately .. there's some ! lots of ! and I just wanted everyone to notice that :) This album is a masterpiece by the way ;)

[@hastyhillfarmand4x480]

I think everyone forgets how early decapitated sounded like this in a lot of ways. They aren't really death metal anymore but the original line up deserves some credit for their influence on tech death.

[@THESLOWDEATHHOOKS]

fantastic album!

[@vespaclone]

Album of the Year, it's perfect.

[@natala653]

Фантастический Отрыв, от Действительности!!! 😵‍💫💨🌊🌀🌊💨🛸🌀🌊💨🌪️🌀📡💿🪩🌪️🌀💨🎉❣️👍Негатив -Проходит,😢😊Торжествует:ПОЗИТИВНОЕ!!!🧲❣️🥁❣️🥰👍🚩

[@tulpasconstructor2711]

Wow..

[@fishstik]

riff@16:26 is soooo sick

[@WillieWuerker]

Those Black/Mustard LPs have sold out everyhwere in both the US and EU in a matter of two days. That's practically unheard of when it comes to music as niche-y as this, unless we're talking Archspire levels of popularity. Congrats on a great album! And grats to Metal Blade for signing this extraordinary band! 🥂

[@onepump-q7j]

1:15 is the best thing I have ever heard in my whole existence of listening to deathmetal.

[@Pure_KodiakWILD_Power]

🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@borknagarpopinga4089]

Facking love it

[@vizviros]

An epic masterpiece! What else can I say about this album......Love you guys and also Derek was the best choice for vocals! Respect from the island of Crete, Greece \\m//

[@Shmellix]

Holy Fucking Shit. Did not expect to stumble across something this glorious today

[@abaurre3]

This is amazing work. It's 100% bangers. Tracks 6 and 7 specially.

[@zdenkarendosova3781]

👍👍👍🤩❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@MirkoFustinoni]

Best track on the album imo

[@eekenulv]

amazing!

[@danielrichard8583]

Lovely

[@allenandrews2380]

Dude. The production on this is just Delicious!!!!

[@absolutelynot554]

I’ve listened to this album 6 times this week. Cheers. Top tier

[@AshesFromAChild]

want to see them live now

[@seniorzolo3433]

7:50--we have entered the Cynic portion of our set. This is a compliment.

[@cody_calhoun]

I didnt get into TZP previous albums, but this one hits different 🤘😎

[@Metalton95]

Same! Known about the band for years (tech guitarists always name dropped them as source of inspiration, but it didn’t click with me). Now Rafa Trujillo shared the album on SoMe, and 1 listen was all it took. Deletion Cult is the tech death song of the year along with Gorod’s “We Are The Sun Gods”!

[@tomskimcdouglegaming806]

@@Metalton95 Gorod haven't written a good song in over a decade.

[@Metalton95]

⁠@@tomskimcdouglegaming806tell that to We Are The Sun Gods, Bekthen’s Curse, Breeding Silence, Wolfsmond, and Carved In The Wind 🤷‍♂️

[@DingusMcBrungus]

Perfect album They really did it

[@RustyRed17]

This has been on repeat for months for me. I simply can’t get enough of it. The entire album is an absolute masterpiece. My girlfriend often mocks it, and she doesn’t understand how I can listen to it. I told her there’s people who listen to music because they like the sound, then there’s people who listen to music for what it’s comprised of. Metal constantly exceeds the expectations given by previous albums, and the musicianship in technical death metal is unlike any other.