Gnostic成立于2005年，他们推出的demo受到盛赞，为什么？因为此团体前身就是前卫技术死名将Atheist！目前阵容当中，只有主唱来自其他队伍，而负责乐器的成员则全部都是Atheist 的老班底，所以这张2009新作我们完全不用对它的品质产生怀疑，演唱方面是硬核式的嘶叫，编曲相当复杂，频繁的停拍、变奏，thrash 和post- thrash 形式的riffs 运用的很多，且包含很多元素，jazz，progressive，groove，hardcore等，器乐演奏水平更是炉火纯青，抽象的吉他狂飙，贝司的走位很精彩，而鼓手不断变换招数更是疯狂，在这张专辑中，高速、混乱的炫技段落比比皆是，math玩得相当漂亮。总之，不太容易说清楚，反正这是今年很值得关注的技术前卫派大作，重点推荐。 by Eduardo Rivadavia Atlanta, GA's Gnostic formed in 2005 and their excruciatingly complex, courageously experimental brand of death metal bears more than a passing resemblance to that of '90s death/jazz pioneers Atheist, which is understandable given that the two bands share three musicians (and a not-so-subtle connection by way of their monikers). These are drummer Steve Flynn, who was a member of Atheist's original formation as well as its recently reunited, late-'00s touring lineup, plus guitarists Sonny Carson and Chris Baker, both of them new millennium touring recruits. And together with vocalist Kevin Freeman and bassist Stephen Morley (partners in crime with AOS and Caustic Thought), they collaborated on a pair of 2005 and 2006 demos before securing a deal with Season of Mist and releasing Gnostic's 2009 debut, Engineering the Rule.