It wasn't an awful album, but it sounded disjointed and undercooked by the band's
Throw in some progressive rock influences and someĬreepy sci-fi interludes for good measure, and things just got more interesting. Witnessing a fantastic new beacon for technical death metal. The intricate guitar harmonies, the frenzied drumming, and varied vocal work made it clear to me that we were When I first heard Planetaryĭuality and Akeldama back in 2009, I thought it was the heaviest, fastest, and most technical stuff on the planet. Up until now, my relationship with The Faceless had been a slowly deteriorating one. Their mixture of incredibly fast rhythms and ultra-dark growling vocals make them one of the most hard-hitting outfits in the scene, but the virtuosic display, aided by the atmospheric keyboards and haunting pianos, plus the outstanding drumming, earned them a very deserved place here in ProgArchives.
THE FACELESS play a very technical brand of extreme metal. Derek Rydquist repleced the former, while many drummers had to fill the seat of the latter, until the band finally settled in Elliott Sellers. THE FACELESS suffered the loss of their singer Veintimiglia and drummer Batford soon after "Akeldama" was released. Their very challenging brand of extreme-technical progressive death metal put them in the same group as older masters as DEATH, ATHEIST, but with a sound clearly unique, and with lots of other influences, which made their music sound very contemporary. In 2006 THE FACELESS released their first demo, which was soon followed by their first full-length, "Akeldama", which received good reviews from the press and the metal community.
Soon they were joined by highly capable musicians and turned their idea into reality, like drummer Brett Batdorf (of the LA death metal band TCHILDRES) and singer Jeff Ventimiglia. Their project was to create a powerful technical metal ensemble. THE FACELESS was formed in California, in the Encino area in 2005 by guitarist Michael Keene and bassist Brandon Giffin.
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