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Allegaeon

Hailing from Colorado, Allegaeon fuse punishing death metal riffs with expansive, surprisingly non-death-obsessed lyrics to create their own style of thoughtful and pummeling heavy metal. Emerging in 2010 with the highly regarded Fragments of Form and Function, the band continued to hone their melody-driven technical death metal sound on subsequent standout efforts like 2014's Elements of the Infinite, 2019's Apoptosis, and 2022's Damnum. Formed in 2008 by guitarists Ryan Glisan and Greg Burgess, bassist Corey Archuleta, and vocalist Ezra Haynes, the band were off to a ripping start after their four-song, self-titled EP got them signed to Metal Blade just a year after forming. They made their full-length debut in 2010 with Fragments of Form and Function, which gained them critical attention with its highly technical and melodic sound. Looking to evolve and challenge themselves compositionally, Allegaeon headed to Lambesis Studios to begin work on new material with Daniel Castleman. The resulting album, Formshifter, was released on Metal Blade in 2012. The following year, the group ended their search for a permanent drummer with the addition of Brandon Park, and new guitarist Michael Stancel stepped in to replace Glisan, who parted ways with the band that same year. The pair provided Allegaeon with a creative boost for their third album, 2014's Elements of the Infinite, which found the group stepping out from the shadows of the mighty Gothenburg sound to forge their own path in the world of melodic death metal. In 2016, Allegaeon issued their much-anticipated fourth studio LP, Proponent for Sentience. Produced by Dave Otero (Cattle Decapitation), the band summed up the ambitious concept album as having "a lyrical arc rooted in science fiction, yet uncomfortably encroaching upon the reality of the present." After finishing up their first European tour, the group headed back into the studio to begin laying down tracks for their fifth long-player. The resulting Apoptosis arrived in spring 2019 and soared to number two on the Billboard Heatseekers chart. In 2021, the band issued the punishing single "Into Embers," which later appeared on their sixth album. Latin for "loss," 2022's Damnum marked the debut of new drummer Jeff Saltzman and saw Allegaeon dig deep into their creative resources by involving all five members in the writing process.
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