Brutal and progressive death metal that is clearly a cut above the rest. There's a bit of dissonance in this album too - not enough to where the music itself would be considered dissonant, but enough to where it catches your attention, which I can appreciate. The melodies are surprising and really caught me off guard in the context of how brutal this album is. This is going to remain a highly influential death metal album for awhile. Camel
When you need your black/death metal weird as fuck, here you go. Be sure to check out the guitarist/vocalist's new band, Herxheim. Howls of Ebb may be dead, but Herxheim lives. dyingstarsinmyeyes
This is the best death-doom I've ever heard. You have to go back to early Incantation to find anything close to the level of execution achieved here. The musical arrangements are deeply complex and layered, which means you discover something new with each listen. I think there's something about the variety of tempos and experimentation with different types of composition that make it supersatisfying. And it's a headbanger. eManRenaissanc