Defiant Imagination

This band is, first of all, the best technical death metal band ever!

This is Quo Vadis’s first release with their new singer, Stéphane Paré. Having seen them live twice I can honestly say that he has the most energy live that I have ever seen someone have. And the thing I love about this album is how he managed to capture this insane amount of energy and just makes you want to headbang the whole way through this album. For this album they also had Steve DiGiorgio as their bass player.

Now the first song on this realease, Silence Calls the Storm, is by far the best song on the album. It starts off with a killer almost 20second growl (how he does it, I do not know). And this mind blowing intro is just great. Once the vocals kick in, it’s just heandbanging frenzy! They manage to keep drums rolling like thunder and play these technical guitar riffs while still keeping you loving the song.

Another noticeable song on the album is the song In Contempt. This song shows how Quo Vadis can have very fast paced songs with very deep growls and this insane bass sound! This song is solid and you can see their immense talent. Can you honestly tell me that this is not one of the best Death metal drummers you have ever heard?

In this album, like in their previous one, they have two songs that are instrumental, with some lyrics (not much). The song titled In Articulo Mortis is actually a song dedicated to Chuck Schuldiner.

The lyrics are always amazing. Unlike a lot of Death Metal bands, they do not talk about gore and stuff. They decide to talk about topics related to life, death and beliefs. I really enjoy this factor because it makes the music have more meaning.

If you are a fan of the Technical Death/Thrash genre, then this album is what you are looking for. They have amazing vocals, killer guitar solos, gutwrentching bass (from the master Steve) and the best drummer in the Death Metal scene IMO.

I give this album a solid 100 for it being in my top Death Metal albums ever!