Defeated Sanity‘s newest record is a genre-defining masterwork. By massive death metal nerds, for massive death metal nerds. German brutal/technical death metal act Defeated Sanity is, at this point, a celebrated institution of modern extreme metal, much like the various legendary bands that influenced their sound (Cryptopsy, Suffocation, Deeds of Flesh, early Gorguts, etc.). Spearheaded by founder and drummer Lille Gruber, the moniker has cemented its place in the genre canon with landmark releases like Psalms of the Moribund, Passages Into Deformity, and Disposal of the Dead / Dharmata. Gruber’s father, jazz and krautrock musician Wolfgang Teske (Aera, Grotesk) brought a … Continue reading Review: Defeated Sanity – Chronicles of Lunacy