The Farthest Reaches

Super unknown and underrated album. I wish this lineup of the band stayed together. I can't explain how much I love the Greek and Roman lyrics. Top two favorite songs is the self titled of the album "The Farthest Reaches" which is a song about a being slaying gods and heroes. Then Facing the Gorgon, it has such an amazing breakdown around the 42 second mark I believe.

I'm not too good at describing death metal. It's fast, it's hard. Some interesting lyrics, those that you can catch. First song, honoring Hannibal the General, is exellent. Can't say too much else for it except that if you're looking for some atypical death metal, it's here and it's worthwhile.

I bought a lot of new metal in 2012 and Sons of Aurelius has been one of my most played. They do an excellent job of balancing aggressive and fairly brutal metal with good song writing, all the while with a technicality that keeps it from being simple or repetitive. I like a wide range of music as long as it is intense *and* interesting, with technical death metal, and to a lesser extent progressive metal, at the center of my choices. Some tech death bands, despite being complex and non-traditional, often just don't catch on or have much listening appeal, even after repeated playing. Prog metal usually has more melodic appeal, but most of those bands stray too far into symphonic or other "weak" sounding musical styles and are not heavy enough. I love tons of straight-up death metal and other sub-genres, who stay brutal and true to the spirit of metal, but even with catchy riffs they can sometimes get repetitive and eventually boring. Sons of Aurelius may not be as brutal as Decrepit Birth, or as catchy as a Gojira, but they are a good balance in between. They play with a high degree of technicality that some people might consider "Frankensteining", but to me this is the only structure that doesn't sounds like the same-old format I've heard a billion times already. They also do not resort to any 80's-style ballad crap, 90's-style whine-rock, symphonic vomit, or any other overly-trendy style of metalcore/deathcore/melodic-*whatever* bands. If you want something new and interesting, and you like your metal both heavy and complex, then you should like this album.

When I heard the first few seconds of this album, I immediately understood that this was going to be something special. This is without a doubt the best death metal album of 2010. Despite not getting enough attention yet, this album deserves belonging alongside Onset of Putrefaction, Akeldama, Trilateral Progression, Diminishing Between Words, A Celebration of Guilt or None So Vile in technical death metal classics. Monstrously sweeping guitar arpeggios, detailed and technical yet always catchy and accessible melodies, every single riff perfected into intelligent complexity, unexpected time signature changes and insane blastbeats, lightning fast yet memorable solos, a huge variety of song structures and an abundance of different musical inspirations, picturesquely beautiful lyrics, crystal clear production, simply everything, everything about this album is flawless and mind blowing. You won't find any fillers, lazy moments, tech death wankery here. Every song, every single shredding solo, every single blast - they are all interesting and well written musical art, not in-your-face technical show-off. Son of Aurelius' intentions are obvious for sure. If you are into bands like Necrophagist, The Faceless, Decrepit Birth or Arsis you must own this album. If you haven't listened to tech death yet then this can be a perfect introduction for you. Highly recommended.

After hearing this album, Son of Aurelius has now got to be one of my favorite bands! Every song on this CD offers something different, crossing into different genres and styles beyond just typical technical death metal. If you like The Faceless, Arsis, The Black Dahlia Murder, Obscura, or Decrepit Birth, you will love this album. It is truly amazing that these guys are so young for all the talent they have. I highly recommend ordering yourself a copy of the CD. (And I suggest maybe get it from the Good Fight Music website instead, since you can get a T-shirt with the CD for only a few more bucks.) You will not regret it. "The Farthest Reaches" is a must-have for everyone who likes technical progressive metal!

Un genre de death technique mélodique mais plutôt varié : selon le compositeur principal, l'album se divise entre morceaux tirant vers le brutal death et morceaux beaucoup plus mélodiques, évoquant vaguement certains titres de Gorod, Obscura ou Beyond Creation. Production très correcte.

awesome album

デスコアっつんですか。 こうゆーの。 デスコアってなんでかネットじゃ、「デスコアｗ」とか書かれますね。 いや私も２０年ばかしメタル聴いてますんで、「デスコアｗ」とかイメージあったんです。 いやまぁかなりカッコイイです、この作品。 このSon Of Aureliusは まず曲が良く出来てる。 メロディがいい。 速い。 テクもなかなか。 あと同タイプのバンドにはない個性がある。 いいバンド見つけたかと。

Great.