Today, when one speaks about Technical Death Metal, people usually thinks only about the technical aspect of the music, and forget that a band can surprise everyone due its own personality (even today, when clones appear everywhere). And the readers can have a conclusion: PRONOSTIC, hailing from Montreal (Canada), comes to make thinks different with "Chaotic Upheaval", their second album. They're in a trench that can barely be described as Technical/Melodic Death Metal, or in other words, they're in a midterm between CHILDREN OF BODOM, FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE and CANNIBAL CORPSE.

It's brutal and full of an energetic impact, but as well melodies and Jazz-noir parts can be heard clearly (as is shown clearly on "Indefinite Continuity"), and their musical work is boosted by some keyboards and strings parts, along with saxophone moments. Yes, the music of the band is extremely hard to label precisely, so take the best part: to hear the album and enjoy, because even being in such genre (where technical care can bore the non-used fans), it's easy to fall in love with. The album as produced and recorded by Charles B. Pilotte and Christian Donaldson (this last one took care of the mixing and mastering as well), creating a brutal, clean and defined sonority. It allows the hearers to understand what the band is expressing on the songs, and it's really something excellent. And as guests along with the drummer Samuel Santiago (former member of FIRST FRAGMENT and GOROD), here are Francesco Ferrini (of FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE, who composed the keyboards and string arrangements, and plays them on "Indefinite Continuity", "Concealed Parasite", "Bare and Wretched", "L'impureté Globale" and "Abstract Entity"), Christian Donaldson (of CRYPTOPSY) on the guitar solo on "Concealed Parasite", Marc Roy (of KILLITOROUS) on the guitar solo on "Concealed Parasite" too, Sam Hampell on the saxophone and Morane Chabot on "Massive Disillusion"; and the guest vocalists Alex Pelletier, Fannie Tassé Lessard and Krissy O'Shaughnessy on "Massive Disillusion" and "Bare and Wretched".

Modern, fresh, technical and brutal at the same time, the band's music is rich in instrumental arrangements (pay attention to the Fretless bass guitar parts), and the album can really cause apocalyptic changes of mind to the hearers. It' not easy to name best songs on the album, but as a mere reference, "Indefinite Continuity" (what lovely technical work and sets of melodies, with excellent contrasts between the tunes of the vocals, to guttural grunts to shrieks), "Massive Disillusion" (a massive and hooking song, with an apocalyptic attack of rhythmic shifts executed by bass guitar and drums, especially on the noir-like moments inspired by Jazz, where saxophone parts are heard), "Conclusion Impromptue" and "Concealed Parasite" (the violence of the songs is tempered by excellent melodies, and what great guitar riffs and arrangements), "Waves" (an instrumental song rich in excellent arrangements), "Bare and Wretched" and "L'impureté Globale" (even with some noir moments, these ones have a clear focus on the more brutal aspect of the band's music), and... Well, better stop here and say the truth: the album is so homogeneous in terms of songs that there aren't best songs on it.

It's the band's second album, so the future is promising for PRONOSTIC. But for now, listen to and enjoy "Chaotic Upheaval" as it deserves and as you like.