In a time of endless sub-genre classifications being thrown at bands Act of Defiance cut to the quick, offering 100% in-your-face, uncompromising metal. 'If you invited fans of all kinds of metal - from thrash to Scandinavian metal to metal to modern American metal - and had them all in a mosh pit, Act of Defiance would be their soundtrack,' asserts guitarist Chris Broderick. With a hefty resume that chronicles time spent riffing and shredding in Jag Panzer, Nevermore, and a seven-year stint in Megadeth, his pedigree speaks for itself. Furthermore, joined by powerhouse drummer - and fellow Megadeth alumnus - Shawn Drover, bassist Matt Bachand (Shadows Fall/Times Of Grace) and vocalist Henry Derek (Scar The Martyr) the band are a truly formidable metallic behemoth, and their debut album, Birth and the Burial, is ten tracks of armor-plated, state of the art heaviness.