DECEMBER
The Lament Configuration (Earache)
Reviewed by Jason Thornberry

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Hats off first for the name December, as it's definitely pertinent to the wintry, coursing whirlpool of sound that runs swiftly through the ten tracks of The Lament Configuration. Is this quite possibly the 'prog' hybrid of extreme metal? The drummer (Jason Thomas) is scary good, not with his fills so much, but with his selection of beats, which are less than your typical double-bass overload that so many of his ilk seem inclined toward. December opened for contemporaries The Dillinger Escape Plan, who may have been taking notes.

GRADE: A.

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