As much as we love hearing technical death practitioners unleash hell with track after track of instrumental insanity, every so often it's refreshing to hear from a band that tones down the complexity just enough to create songs contagious enough to buzz in our heads for days after. Right on the heels of Odious Mortem's scorching Willowtip debut, the ever-reliable label has thrown us...Read More

It seems like most groundbreaking bands with a good debut album are migrating to Willowtip Records to release a bigger output, first we reviewed Odious Mortem and now we're crafting Illogicist's release, a crushing Technical masterpiece! I'll give you the band's summary as I'm sure this is your first attempt to hear this Italian monument. Illogicist Plays Technical Metal with slight...Read More

Aside from the phenomenal Odious Mortem record, Willowtip was quiet the entire first half of 2007. Since Willowtip and Neurotic recently joined forces, however, look for a whole slew of technical death releases to hit the second half of the year, beginning with The Insight Eye from Italy's Illogicist. Considering the label has always favored quality to quantity, it's unsurprising that the...Read More

Things have been relatively quiet in the Willowtip camp in 2007. Though we've had the likes of Odious Mortem and Electro Quarterstaff, the label hasn't quite reached their usual level of brilliance so far this year, and while the recent Malignancy release and the upcoming licensed Neurotic releases look to up the ante, Italy's Illogicist and their second album don't match up...Read More

Reviewing a technical death metal album is a tricky proposition for me. The musically-inclined (and attention-deficient) parts of my brain generally leave me fawning over the accomplished musicianship and complex arrangements that typify the genre. On the other hand, my sensible side respects bands that are able to craft cohesive musical statements without indulging in too much technical...Read More

Illogicist = Necrophagist + Death + Atheist Drawing influences from the mighty Cynic, Death and Atheist as well as the more relative newcomer Necrophagist, Illogicist play technical metal at its finest. Keeping in step with the German Necrophagist, Illogicist guitar work is extensive and utterly mind-blowing at the very least. There is so much going on with The Insight Eye that if you only...Read More

Hailing from Italy, Illogicist infuses Death Metal with a strong Progressive Metal angle that fans either disdain or relish. If Spiral Architect on steroids is something you would like to hear, then Illogicist will fill the bill. The Insight Eye is the band's sophomore effort, one that showcases supreme musicianship, excellent production, and some variance in experimentation in an effort...Read More

As a little kid, I remember looking up and tilting my head to the right at the sight of the infamous Leaning Tower of Pisa wondering, "How the hell…?" Twenty years later, something else from Italy is rousing the same kind of curiosity. Known for acts like Ephel Duath, Labyrinth and, of course, mall metal-approved Lacuna Coil, in addition to historical staples Necrodeath and Bulldozer,...Read More

Yet another one of Willowtip's fantastic technical metal masterpieces lays before me to give readers 'Insight' on. But how much insight needs to be given on Illogicist's "The Insight Eye?" They fit Willowtip's usual mold of jelly fish fingered guitar riffing, speedy Oscar the grouch garbage can drumming and cookie monster grumbles on the microphone. I wouldn't say this album leans to the...Read More

Illogicist follows in the fine tradition of such greats as Death and Atheist, though by earning a place in those mighty acts' ranks, not by derivation. Illogicist resides in the same land of math-metrics and odd grooves but doesn't imitate. Nor does it quite achieve the same level of awe as its predecessors. But they're still nothing to sneeze at - unless you can make your nose carry off...Read More