Illuminati "The Core"

Country: Romania
Sub Genre: Tech/Extreme, Progressive Metal, Jazz-Rock, Fusion
Release date: April 30, 2013
Tracklist: 

1. Please Lose [feat. Patrick Mameli] 04:30
2. (In The Maze Of A Myth) 01:13
3. Storms [feat. Mike Browning] 04:00
4. (Small Worlds Unifying) 02:06
5. Gulliver's Extraordinary Journey [feat. Daniel Mongrain] 03:01
6. (Thoughts Turn Into Matter) 01:46
7. Sea Of Consciousness [feat. Kelly Shaefer & Tony Choy] 04:30
8. (A Strange Kind of Sensitivity) 00:43
9.  The Core [feat. Tymon Kruidenier] 02:43
10. (Tumultuous, Weary, And Pale) 01:21
11. Domino Spine [feat. Luc Lemay] 04:51
12. (And Back To The Origin) 02:09

Line-up: 
Andrei Popa - guitars, vocals, synth programming
Petre Iftimie - guitars
Matei Tibacu-Blendea - drums, bass, vocals, percussion, unconventional instruments
   With
Patrick Mameli (Pestilence) - vocals on [1]
Mike Browning (Nocturnus, After Death, Incubus, ex-Acheron, ex-Morbid Angel) - vocals on [3]
Daniel Mongrain (Martyr, Voïvod) - vocals on [5]
Kelly Shaefer (Atheist, Stones of Madness, Neurotica) - vocals on [7]
Tony Choy (Atheist, ex-Pestilence, ex-Cynic) - slap bass on [7]
Tymon Kruidenier (Exivious, ex-Cynic) - vocals on [9]
Luc Lemay (Gorguts) - vocals on [11]

Description/Review

Spawning seemingly out of nowhere, Romanian experimental death metal outfit, Illuminati, have ushered upon the unsuspecting metal underground their debut album: The Core. Bringing forth a refreshing burst of experimental death metal with jazzy progressive elements not unlike Atheist, and an aesthetic quality that could be likened to maudlin of the Well, Illuminati’s debut offering is thirty minutes of dense, riff-laden metal. But that’s not all this band has to offer, the relatively unknown trio of musicians have brought with them a stellar cast of pioneering metal artists to play guest roles, with vocal spots being donned by musicians like Luc Lemay of Gorguts, Mike Browning of (most notably) Nocturnus and Morbid Angel fame, Patrick Mameli of Pestilence, and several others, Illuminati are here to prove they’re more than just another progressive metal gimmick.

Read the full review by Michael Snoxall at sputnikmusic.com

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