Coming from the country which gave us the mighty prog/tech death metal giants Gojira, it should come as no surprise to find that Bordeaux-based technical death metal outfit Exocrine performs to the same ridiculously high standard on their new album, The Hybrid Suns. Even before you’ve had time to catch your breath as this record slams into the title track, the French outfit has hit you with a wall of symphonic guitars. A simply dazzling display from the French outfit, The Hybrid Suns combines finger-bending guitar work with the death metal equivalent of getting your face slammed into a wall. From the epic “Horns,” a track which features pig squeal vocals, pummelling blast-beats and mind-bending guitar wizardry, to “Vortex of Shadow,” a track which pulls you all over the place, on paper, th...