Release Date April 3rd, 2026
Format Digital/CD
Genre Progressive/Death Metal
Country USA
Formed in 2013 in Boston, Massachusetts, Graveborn dishes out intense progressive death metal. The quintet spent over a decade tearing up stages across the Northeast United States alongside heavy hitters like Fallujah and Rivers Of Nihil. They dropped "Samsara" in 2014, "Seeds Of Life" in 2016, "The Athenaeum" in 2018, and "Transmigrator" in 2021. Five years later, the crew, Reggie Lewis on bass, guitarists Jesse Blanchette and Chris Ramusiewicz, vocalist John LeBlanc, and drummer Marc Brennan, unleashes their fifth full-length album, "Metempsychosis".
The music plunges deep into concepts of total societal collapse and biological destruction. Graveborn translates this apocalyptic vision into eleven punishing metal tracks. Guitars twist through bizarre time signatures, ditching standard groove for total sonic annihilation. LeBlanc delivers brutal, guttural vocals over the relentless double-bass drumming from Brennan.
Serious shredding dominates this album. "Embers Of Existence" and "The Archaea Paradox" blast through the speakers with savage technical precision. The guitar duo of Blanchette and Ramusiewicz throws down ridiculously fast sweep picking and crushing riffs. Lewis locks down the low frequencies, tethering the bizarre rhythms to the ground. The production blasts the heavy parts to the front, giving the melodic sections space in the mix.
"Metempsychosis" provides a serious beating. The sixty-plus minutes of intricate metal demand your full attention, occasionally exhausting the listener with relentless technical insanity. Graveborn delivers a massive dose of aggressive progressive death metal, packing enough riffs to satisfy any fan craving extreme music. The auditory journey into total collapse sounds punishing.
Score: 7.5
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