ART GALLERY - AMON AMARTH, HUMAN IMPROVEMENT PROCESS, EXIVIOUS

Ever have album art melt your face? Every once and awhile a band will create or commission artwork which is undeniably awesome, iconic, or inspiring. Sometimes it compliments the music in the perfect way, leaving a mark on the listener or maybe even music history itself.

Welcome to the Art Gallery. We're gonna take a look at some really impressive art while listening to some great music in the process.

Have you ever seen artwork that was so damn awesome that you still remember the first time you saw it? I was flattened when Amon Amarth's "Twilight of the Thunder God" came out in 2008. Not only by the music but by the insanely detailed scene depicted on the front cover. THIS IS VIKING METAL \m/

 
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Human Improvement process is an impressive band emerging Italy on Memorial Records. This year they dropped a great record "Deafening Dissonant Millenium" bolstering some mind bending artwork. Better yet, it compliments the title of the album in an unsettling way. Highly recommended on all counts. We should have a review on this one coming soon!

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Exivious needed to be included because of the way that they experiment with their artwork. For both of their albums, they've allowed the fans to create their own poster based on the official album art. The process for their latest album "Liminal" (read our review here) was intricate to say the least. All in all this band has spawned incredible results (take a look here).

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HUMAN IMPROVEMENT PROCESS “DEAFENING DISSONANT MILLENIUM” ALBUM STREAM

If you're looking for some fresh and original death metal you stumbled on the right post. Human Improvement Process have packed an impressive mix of experimental death metal, with core influences, electronic assaults and even some clean and melodic segments.

Some of you may already heard of them from their 2011 EPs “S.T.A.R.S.” and “In Cristalline Worlds Beyond”. This summer they signed a deal with Memorial Records for the release of their first full-length album “Deafening Dissonant Millenium”, a twisted and unpredictable album, pushed by a brilliant composition and sweet lyrics.

The first half of the record is big enough to realize the huge amount of creativity brewing in the minds of these musicians. It contains some of the sickest tracks on the album including “Our Last Pieces Of Insanity” for which the band just released a pretty sick lyric video. Those lyrics definitely deserved the highlight. More tracks like “Erase” and the title track will deliver a tasty variation on the usual death metal themes and I'm sure the most of you will enjoy it.

So check this band below with the new lyric video for the aforementioned “Our Last Piaces Of Sanity”. You can also stream "Deafening Dissonant Millenium" below that or on their Bandcamp. If you enjoy the metal, it can be yours for just €9.99 ($13.54). Don't miss 'em!

-MATTIA

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