“...smack me in the face and call me f%@*ing impressed!”
Gunshy Assassin

"Archaios has crafted a sound that is fresh and innovative."
Metal As Fuck

“...a very well composed and built-up album that is just vibrating from all the energy it contains...”
Lords Of Metal

"...their sternum-splitting variety of groove-heavy melodic death metal merges its immediate influences into something sharp and infectious that’s hard to blow off as the work of another gang of Sweden-worshippers..."
Kris Krovatin, Invisible Oranges

"... these Dominicans seem to have progressed beyond what I'd usually call generic."
ScumFeast 666

"A good album from a promising band, Archaios and The Distant should be on the radar of fans of melodic death metal."
About.com

"The album features a lot of cool grooves, speed, and catchy riffs. The production is great and the drums are loud, which of course i'm a fan of. Fans of Melodic Death Metal will not be dissapointed!!"
Greg Gall
(ex-Six Feet Under Drummer)

“A top-flight album from a band that has every right to be known on an international scale, Blistering cannot speak highly enough of this body of work. One of the best Melodic Death Metal albums of the year, hands-down”.
Blistering.com

“Half the metal planet appears to have attempted to do this kind of thing at one time or another, but precious few manage to do it with quite this level of panache or personality”.
Terrorizer Magazine

"The brutality lifts occasionally for some filmic, cinematic melody but the songs peak and trough really well. There are some genuine raise your eyebrow moments where you're not expecting a soaring, roaming solo to kick in. A seamless mashing of styles."
Metal Hammer's Global Metal Talent

" This is death metal with soul.The guitar work could fill up an entire review on its own merit.Fusing intricate leads with an abundance of bridges and time changes, this is one band that deserve a further listen.Archaios can hold their heads high knowing that “The Distant” turned out as well as it did..."
Metal Underground

"...burst with bombast and a wild exuberance that is too rarely heard in current death metal. The world may now be catching them at their peak."
MTV Iggy

"...better than what the big labels are sh@#ting out there nowadays..."
The Number Of The Blog

"Bands like Archaios are here to remind us that there are very original Melodic Death Metal bands out there... We are dealing with sublime Melodic Death, which displays very high musicianship... If The Distant is an indicator of what Metal from the Dominican Republic sounds like, the please Give Me More!!"
Sea of Tranquility