Album Review: Fleshgod Apocalypse - Labyrinth

Fleshgod Apocalypse's modus operandi is a bizarre desire to meld music of two seemingly incompatible styles into one and latest release, Labyrinth, has the Italians fusing symphony with technical death metal. The classical orchestration tempers the belligerence of the metal that lies at the core of what this band does. With so much going on musically it could all have easily turned into a sloppy steaming pile of half-baked ideas, but the mix is evenly separated with all elements working together effectively. Upon hearing this musical Frankenstein's monster, one can only proclaim: “It's alive!”