4. Ade
Current Release: Spartacus Label: Blast Head Records Remember when Nile burst onto the scene in 1998 and reinvigorated death metal with their Egypt infused debut, Amongst the Catacombs of Nephren- Ka? Well, how would you like to feel like that again? While Nile looked to Egypt for their themes and injections, ADE look to Rome and inject Hellenic and Roman instrumentation and elements into their brand of typically technical, top notch Italian death metal. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFMooerHkKo Joining the ranks of Fleshgod Apocalypse, Hour of Penance and such, ADE shows Maurizio Iacono and his Ex Deo project what Romanic death metal should really sound like, and it's not pretend armor and high budge videos. It's about brutal, killer riffs, epic, regal ethnicity and some truly Roman sounding elements. And throw in a concept based on Spartacus, you get a brutal death metal album that's blood pumping and majestic. If the likes of "Mars Unpredictable Favor or "Divinitus Victor" don't get you ready to murder lions in a gladiatorial arena, you simply don't like death metal.