PSYGNOSIS make a distinctly progressive type of death metal. For one, the French band doesn’t have a vocalist. Instead, they’ve got a cellist. This heady configuration tempers Mercury with a sublime beauty. Their first album for Season of Mist is full of wide, sweeping vistas that are spiked with metallic muscle, but also, ringed with deep sensitivity. It’s an eye-opening panorama and a breath of fresh air for death metal. FFO: NE OBLIVISCARIS, OPETH, PERSEFONE, DYSRHYTHMIA
