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It’s very easy to come away from listening to a lot of technical metal feeling a little empty. Beneath the showmanship and undeniable talent, the genre is often guilty of failing to invoke any real feeling: when surgical precision takes centre stage a certain energy almost invariably paves the way. Animals as Leaders are no exceptions to this – where their 3 previous full-lengths have all in their own right been extremely impressive, stellar pieces of work, they are not without their shortcomings: a truly inventive and well-realised debut was somewhat clouded by muddy production and slightly blunted guitar tones, Weightless was at times cold, and is massively top-heavy in this reviewer’s opinion, and The Joy of Motion percussion was a little overpowered and detracted from a lot of the new-found warmth the tracks brought…

Los Angeles thrashers WARBRINGER release their new album, "IV: Empires Collapse", on October 15 via Century Media Records. The CD was recorded at The Omen Room studio in Garden Grove, California with producer Steve Evetts (THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, SEPULTURA, SYMPHONY X). The next-level results of the new album are due to each band member pushing their own abilities and working together on the complex arrangements as well as the simple hooks.

Amia Venera Landscape is a sextet that combines emphatic post-hardcore sounds with ample instrumental suites. The band was born in 2007 and immediately succeeds in gaining space within the Italian alternative scene, coming to the stage with bands like Underoath, The Dillinger Escape Plan and August Burns Red. In 2008, they released their first EP, which received numerous promises from webzines and magazines, and which allowed them to play in various clubs and clubs throughout Italy. The following year they released two videos, Glances and Nichohlas, both of which were contained in the EP. In December 2010 they released their first full length 'The Long Procession'.

Named for the prized possession of Rome’s infamous despot, Caligula’s Horse is a progressive alternative rock band from Brisbane, Australia. Channelling the raw honesty of rock and the skill of progressive metal into a seamless voice at once energetic, grand and forthright, Caligula’s Horse offers devotees of all strains of powerful and progressive music something unique. Formed by Sam Vallen and Jim Grey in early 2011, Caligula’s Horse released their debut album “Moments from Ephemeral City” in April of the same year.

Named for the prized possession of Rome’s infamous despot, Caligula's Horse is a progressive metal/rock band from Brisbane, Australia. Channelling the raw honesty of rock and the skill of progressive metal into a seamless voice at once energetic, grand and forthright, Caligula's Horse offers devotees of all strains of powerful and progressive music something unique. Caligula's Horse's approach to songwriting is uncompromisingly eclectic, but no less accessible to audiences of all different musical styles. They take influence from such bands and artists as Devin Townsend, Pain Of Salvation, Opeth, Meshuggah, Porcupine Tree, Steve Vai, Frost, Periphery, Karnivool, Muse, Steely Dan, The Beatles, and Frank Zappa amongst many others…