Hybrid Heaven - The Textures of Spirit (2008)

This is sloppy, tech thrash from Mexico. If they could actually play their instruments in time and in tune, this would be good. The music is technical and complex, somewhere between thrash and death metal, with lots of melodic parts and guitar leads. There's a lot of variety in the music and the songs flow reasonably well. The vocals are something between a shout and a black metal rasp, and are a weak point. The production doesn't add a lot of power to the music, but at least the instruments are clear, even the bass. Really the major problem I have with this is the playing, which is sloppy enough to make this unlistenable for me. If they could clean up their act, they could be a force in the tech-thrash scene.

Their MySpace page has four songs from this album.