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Title: quality technical extreme metal
Review: Extol is a progressive death metal outfit from Norway. Their latest offering, "Undeceived," shows a marked improvement from their debut "Burial," which suffered from poor production. The music is highly technical metal with a melodic edge, with some of the off-beat stop-and-start riffing characteristic of Opeth's last two albums. It is not as chaotic as the music of bands like Theory in Practice and Cryptopsy, and even features strings and doom sections a la My Dying Bride. The vocals are rather harsh; they sound electronically modified at times. There are also clean vocals, performed by one of the guitarists, which are very self-confident and well-done. The diversity of this album, which should be evident from my description, sometimes gets in the way of comprehending the whole, but it also provides food for thought for many listens. No technical death metal fan should be disappointed with this release.
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