The fact that Century Media chose to sign a band like Turmoil is perplexing and startling at the same time. It demonstrates, however, that there are still a couple of people on the label's employment roster who know something about music. But let us talk about Turmoil who produced a very impressive album worth of raging, blistering metalcore of the highest quality. Since I wasn't really familiar with the band prior to this record, my initial expectations weren't too high when I was preparing to listen to it. "Just another metalized hardcore band," - I thought. Man, was the joke on me or what! Turmoil are one of the very best representatives of the genre. "The Process of..." dynamically combines sweeping hardcore intensity with parcels of death metal and even sludge (as on "Impending Doom Theory") to the effect of maximum carnage. The band proficiently walk a fine line between brutality and diversity which makes them so much more fun to listen to than, say, the conveyor belt monotony of Earth Crisis. I wholeheartedly recommend this disc to the hardcore kids and metalheads alike. Turmoil weren't tagged "the VoiVod of hardcore" for nothing.

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