20 Best Hard Rock & Heavy Metal Albums Of 2016
6. Allegaeon - Proponent for Sentience
Allegaeon's masterful fourth album, Proponent for Sentience, is a slice of melodic death metal perfection, and a work so diverse that there are so many ways to describe it.
It's progressive, it's exciting, it's ruthless, it's intelligent, it's fast, it's expertly paced and it's crammed full of more metal than a bank vault.
Its technical intricacy is easily its defining feature, as axe-masters Greg Burgess and Michael Stancel duel vigorously behind the pitched growls of Allegaeon's new frontman, Riley McShane. Proponent for Sentience is a work of infinite prowess, with musical portions defined and refined again and again with the scrutiny of a faultless waltz.
How awesomely artsy and posh does that sound?!