Undeceived

Extol is one of those bands that doesn't stick to one style of music for long. Sometimes its for the better, sometimes its for the worst. With Extol, it could either way since their latest cds have been very good. However, I think that Undeceived was definately their best.

Extol's sound on Undeceived is overall a lot heavier and darker than that of Burial, their previous offering. On Undeceived, Extol are still sticking to the technical, progressive death metal style of Burial but have taken to the max. The drumming on this cd is superb. This is in part because of the odd and unconvential style of David Husvik. Not only that but he is very fast too. The guitars and bass are technical to the max on this release. Some of the riffs are not even possible to follow along to and in some cases that could detract from how memorable the song is. But skill-wise it is amazing to listen to. The vocals are probably the low point on this release. This is mostly because Peter decided to layer his voice on just about every song. Since the vocals are so unrealistic and even a bit bad because of all the layering, this is the worst part of the cd. However, they did manage to give the vocals a very monsterous feel to them, which is kind of different from your run-of-the-mill death growler.

All the songs on here are good. There is not a single downer of the bunch. Each are different from the other which adds to the diversity of the cd. I hate it when songs on a cd are all similar and you cant tell them apart.

Overall, an awesome cd that should be owned by all metalheads, christian or not.