PASSAGE IN TIME

Passage In Time is a compilation album from Canadian technical extreme metal act Quo Vadis. It´s a collection of re-recordings, live versions and demo tracks. Quo Vadis play technical thrashy death metal which at times remind me of Death.

Vital Signs 2000 is a re-recording of a demo track from Quo Vadis self-titled demo from 1995 and it´s one of the more interesting songs on this compilation album. I´m not sure but I think As one is a new song and it´s in the typical thrashy death metal style. The Hunted (Hunter-Killer Remix) is a remix of The Hunter song from Quo Vadis second album Day Into Night (2000). Dysgenics and Point of No Return - Mute Requiem are live versions of the two songs also from Day Into Night. Pretty good live versions IMO. The last four songs on Passage In Time is from the self-titled 1995 demo. The songs have been re-mixed and re-mastered.

The musicianship is as usual very good.

The production varies as the newly recorded studio songs have great sound. The live songs have a pretty good sound and the demo songs have good demo quality sound.

Passage In Time is a fan release and newcommers to Quo Vadis should not start here. It´s very seldom that I find compilation releases with demo material and re-recorded versions of old songs interesting and that is also the case with Passage In Time. 2 stars is all I can give.