Faced with a dilemma following the departure of Riley McShane, Allegaeon revisited their past by bringing original vocalist Ezra Haynes back into the fold. However, while the band may be approaching The Ossuary Lens with one eye looking back at the past,...

Damnum, according to the promo materials, is the first Allegaeon album on which all band members creatively collaborated. Evidently, some of the previously unheard voices are big fans of Swedish metal.

How can you restrain yourself and write distinctive, enjoyable songs when you wield the unfathomable instrumental prowess of a technical death metal band? Many artists struggle to escape the technical rut, and we wind up with a lot more Malmsteens than...