 In 2004 , Defeated Sanity signed with UK label Grindethic Records to release their full @-@ length debut . The album was recorded at Soundforge Studios in Rhauderfehn , Germany . The band produced the record and Andreas Hilbert handled the engineering and mastering . Prelude to the Tragedy was released in November that same year . The album received mixed reviews . Diabolical Conquest said , " Prelude to the Tragedy is a gleaming chrome harpoon of immaculate technical death metal , deftly interweaving cryptic riff @-@ tangles with convolutional percussive violence to surprisingly comprehensible and utterly enjoyable results . Drumwork , relentless in its complexity , enhances both the progressive and barbaric elements of the tracks , nailing ambitious patterns to them with satisfying snare punch , lucid cymbals and expert fills . " Negative criticism of the album was mostly about the higher technical style of their music . Lords of Metal said , " This is only interesting for the real die hard trash ( not thrash ! ) lovers , and mathematicians , of course . " To promote the album , the band toured during 2005 , appearing at Rotterdam Deathfest ( an extreme metal festival in The Netherlands ) , along with bands such as Suffocation , Visceral Bleeding , and Vomit Remnants . 
