Long renowned as one of Canada's most technical bands, Neuraxis has changed the attack slightly on Trilateral Progression, this time opting for a more streamlined approach. Purists need not worry, however, as Neuraxis' patented complex-core and death-defying stunts are still all over this new record. That said, Neuraxis does benefit from concentrating a bit more on the riff rather than...Read More

You got to hand it to Willowtip: they know how to pick their bands. Chances are most people are just now hearing about Neuraxis , despite Trilateral Progression being their fourth full length release. Now, if you were smart, chances are you already went to Willowtip and bought the compilation release Truth | Imagery | Passage that contained all their past releases in one nicely priced...Read More

I have liked this band from the first time I heard them, because their skill and innovation is obvious from the get go. Well, this release certainly isn't a letdown to their quickly growing fanbase. They start out with an intro then immedietly tear your face off with song one, "Clarity" (listed below) and never stop tearing until you're running around the room in pain looking for your...Read More

One of the perennial underdogs in Quebec's extreme metal scene, Neuraxis prove once again with this album why they shouldn't be. As always the band operate somewhere between technical thrash and death metal, never quite going to the guttural extremes of the latter, which works in their favour. Instead, the band utilise a crisp production to show off their lively sound, one that is not quite...Read More

In the town of Zelienople, PA (population: 4,123) is a small record label that is quietly pushing the boundaries of modern metal. "Forward thinking metal" is the motto of Willowtip Records, a haven for innovative, uncompromising death metal and grindcore. Despite limited budgets (releases are financed solely by earnings from previous ones), classy packaging and a loyal...Read More

It's been a long time that Neuraxis are putting albums out and let's hope that this one will catched the attention of the metallers worldwide cause if this one don't catch the attention of the medias & fans , I really don't know what it's going to take cause this is another masterpiece of extreme metal. What I like the most about that release is they blend perfectly their extreme...Read More

Although I doubt that the title of Neuraxis's new album is an intentional self-proclamation and introverted attempt at displaying their musical maturity/advancement, I nevertheless have to say that the Trilateral Progression is a suitable name because this Montreal-based band seems to only get better with time. This new album is a testament to this statement, and for those...Read More

It was only recently that Neuraxis was introduced to a majority of the US. Willowtip released the band's discography in a two-disc set late last year and a long respected Montreal death metal band was finally recognized outside of their home area. With that build up on their side, they entered the studio to work on "Trilateral Progression" knowing that they had to deliver the monster...Read More

There must be something in the water. From Voivod to Gorguts, Kataklysm to Cryptopsy, the Great White North continues to spit up one improbably innovative band after another. Montreal-based quintet Neuraxis don't play the weirdness card as forthrightly as any of the aforementioned combos, but the group's specific strain of technical death metal is anything but ordinary. Cynic is often...Read More

Here is yet another fantastic release from the fine folks at Willowtip Records. I tip my cap to label honcho Jason Tipton: Kudos, my good man. As to this release, Neuraxis have released a killer slab of Death Metal with Trilateral Progression. These proponents of the so-called Canadian hypergrind are more than a one trick pony. Grinding guitars go with soulful leads, pummeling drums, and...Read More

How critics and fans could get away for years with boldly referring to In Flames as melodic death metal, especially when their disappointing last three albums, Reroute To Remain, Soundtrack To Your Escape, and newest grand failure Come Clarity have sounded more like singer Anders Friden's nu-pop side project Passenger than In Flames' original sound, not to mention containing nearly no death...Read More

In my mind, Montreal's Neuraxis had already joined the technical thrash/death elite before releasing Trilateral Progression. With this disc, however, they're only continuing to affirm the fact that they are absolutely phenomenal and deserve some serious recognition. The second the introductory "Introspect" ends and the band begins their surgical blasting with "Clarity" it's...Read More

REVIEW 1: I've tried. From the depths of my heart i've tried to give Trilateral Progression a lower rating, but I simply cannot. As pained and disappointed as I am with this album, I cannot deny that it is one monstrously ingenious slab of death metal, but, being the Neuraxis fanboy I am, I was expecting nothing less than a modern classic; the pièce de résistance of Neuraxis' career; a...Read More

Arguably one of my most anticipated records of the year, Trilateral Progression comes with the added burden of measuring up this year's killer crop of grinding, technically ballistic releases (The Red Chord, Ion Dissonance, Despised Icon, Animosity), but to their credit, Neuraxis come without any sort of 'hardcore' stigma. But where Neuraxis stand out is their ability to inject some melody...Read More

Having heard a couple tracks off Trilateral Progression, I was impressed but wasn't quite floored until I saw Neuraxis in concert. Right after their set I plopped down $10 for their fourth full-length and toted it out to my car - I've been digesting it ever since. In league with fellow Canadians Cryptopsy, Quo Vadis, Beneath the Massacre, and myriad others - as far as technicality goes -...Read More

NEURAXIS' "Trilateral Progression" is one impressive death metal album. On its fourth full-length release, the Montreal tech-death squad has accomplished what so many of its brethren have failed to do: adroitly combine technicality, brutality, and melody. Is there a death metal training facility in Montreal that has been secretly financed by the Canadian government? I can think of no...Read More

Canada's Neuraxis has also returned with "Trilateral Progression", unleashing more of their technical death metal that strikes a damn fine blend between surprisingly brutal heaviness and snarling vocal growls with lots of forceful melodic tendencies and memorable songwriting tactics that keep the complexity up front without making it the focus. That is to say that there's very clearly a...Read More

Another Canadian death metal band? While they may not put out the quantity that Florida or Sweden did in the glory days, the frozen North has been pretty good about providing quality. Cryptopsy, Quo Vadis, old Kataklysm, Into Eternity, and the short-lived Solus all hail from the good ol' U.S. of Eh? (I call it that to piss of canucks. Hey, my younger brother got pissed when people...Read More

Production: 5.5/6 Songwriting: 5.5/6 Musicianship 5/6 I'm going to get a few things right out in the open from the start. The first being that I've never liked Neuraxis. That isn't to say that I've always disliked Neuraxis; it just means that I've never liked them. Now, keeping that in mind, I've also never known what the hell a Trilateral Progression is. Lastly, and this is somewhat...Read More

Man, I could barely contain my excitement to hear this album. I got home, checked the mail and saw a CD envelope from Willowtip. I rushed upstairs and started to put the CD into the CD player, then I suddenly hesitated. The idea struck me to listen to all of their material in order chronologically building up to the new album, "Trilateral Progression." I decided that it was a pretty...Read More

Neuraxis' death metal furiosity combines the sheer relentlessness of raw, speedfreak grind with the technicality of the modern swell of increasingly popular death metal bands. The instrumentals are all brought to bear with the utmost care and precision, displaying finely tuned instrumental skills. Atop this are the flesh-ripping vocals sure to drown you in hellfire's misery. And along with...Read More

Canada may be the butt of many jokes, but there is nothing to laugh about when it comes to their phenemonal metal scene. You just can't argue with a roster like Cryptopsy, Despised Icon, Ion Dissonance, Martyr, Augury and too many others to mention here. Lately though, the Montreal gents in Neuraxis have been dominating my stereo with their infectious blend of technical mastery, gorgeous...Read More

Brutal, melodic and technical, this album is a scintillating 35-minute display of death metal at its very best. Considering their output so far, with their fourth full-length Neuraxis achieve what seemed to be impossible: improvement. In a Montreal metal landscape that has recently been called "the most tightly knit and simultaneously diverse amalgam of bands to ever exist, with the possible...Read More