DEVOID OF THOUGHT are an Italian Death Metal band that has put out their first full-length album “Outer World Graves” on Everlasting Spew Records. At 40 minutes, the band offers plenty of awesome Death Metal moments. Kick starting with ‘Perennial Dream’ the band embraces a very atmospheric technical approach to their music. The guitars take the centre stage and guide the song through a delicate approach to riffing. This is good sci-fi Death Metal! The opening riffs of track # 2, ‘Four Cerulean Ways’, take me to DEMILICH’s ‘The Echo’, the band builds up momentum, then immediately breaks it to have a slow passage to let sink in the heaviness of the message. On the whole the riffs are a mix of some new thoughts and established approaches, however, I really like the sound of the guitars on this album. Sci-fi Death Metal has existed since TIMEGHOUL and although DEVOID OF THOUGHT pretty much follows the footsteps of the greats, they offer a good glimpse of what’s going on in Italy. Track # 3, ‘Effigies Of A Distant Planet’ is the longest track of the album at 11:20 and although it opens with a phenomenal barrage of riffs, it hits a plateau and stays there for a while. The quality of execution isn’t at question here, DEVOID OF THOUGHT sure provide ample evidence for that but an endeavour of eleven minutes long such as this could use a harder punch to the gut. That would’ve simply elevated this album to a notch higher because from the beginning of track #3, all tracks run more than 8 minutes. Kudos to the band for giving it a go and doing their best, it certainly shows. I suppose, on the whole, this is a good debut full-length, masterfully mixed and produced with the band putting their best vision forward. I like it, the endless riff attack, the atmospheric radiance, the pure execution machine that this band is! Good one. For more information please visit: www.facebook.com/devoidofthought666, www.facebook.com/everlastingspew