这是一支来自加拿大的全明星死亡团体，成立于2002年，在Century Media这样的巨头麾下，由极端金属传奇鼓手Gene Hoglan领衔，其他成员也都具有非常深厚的背景，实力肯定没得说。由这四大牌联合弄出了这么一张时髦的死亡专辑，听着让人想起了strapping young led那类型的乐队，新派曲风，industrial、groove、thrash、hardcore的成分都有，节奏具有很强的跳跃感，旋律流畅。在去年比较抢眼的专辑，到底好不好还是你自己来判断吧。 by Phil Freeman Tenet, not to be confused with the R&B group of the same name, is an industrial-strength thrash band with some seriously powerhouse membership. Vocalist Steve Souza formerly fronted both Exodus and Testament; guitarist Glen Alvelais has played with Testament and Forbidden; and second guitarist Jed Simon, bassist Byron Stroud, and drummer Gene Hoglan are all veterans of Strapping Young Lad (plus the six-dozen other bands Hoglan's bashed the skins for, of course). Given that pedigree, any discerning metalhead is gonna pop the shrink wrap on Sovereign looking to have his/her face torn off within ten seconds of pressing Play, and that's pretty close to the result when "Being and Nothingness" kicks in with a pick-slide, a thundering avalanche of drums, and a patented Souza scream. From there it's off to the races, with nine tracks in under 35 minutes, each one a blur of thrashy riffing, shredtastic solos, and Souza's vocals, which haven't gotten any more melodic since the '80s glory days of Exodus; he still sounds like Accept's Udo Dirkschneider with his privates caught in a belt-sander. The only time they slow down is on the six-minute "Going Down," which settles for a doomy, chugging pace. The production on Sovereign owes something to Strapping Young Lad, but these guys are content to get over with the fury of their riffs, rather than the abuse of compression SYL leader Devin Townsend is known for. This is a fierce, relentless, all-star effort well worth any metalhead's time.