Concatenating two words often has far reaching consequences that are sometimes unexpected: The marriage of the latin word for Salzburg, Juvavum, and the english word, Valiant,would surely be one of those instances where the power of the newly created word far outweighs the impact that was expected by it's creators. Impact is something that JUVAILANT have no holdbacks - this debut album from the Austrian 5 piece proves that with its punishing riffs and symphonic metal movements - orchestrated with great applomb. With convincing artwork by the Columbian artist Felipe Machado Franco, who had already worked for Iced Earth, Rob Rock, Power Quest, Ayreon and Axel Rudi Pell, the optical aspect of the high class nature of the album has not been overlooked. On "Inhuman Nature" JUVALIANT present nine tracks of the highest quality in both composition and musicianship. The sheer variety of the tracks on which neither heaviness, melody or bombastic choruses are ignored, high recognizability has been programmed by default. JUVALIANT also clearly distance themselves from the stale and increasingly monotonous lyrical stylings common to the genre, instead facing the inhuman sides of human existence such as war, terror, discrimination, worries and pain, as well as the inhumane side of nature. The title "Inhuman Nature", with its double meaning, and the cover artwork unite these two subjects. Whichever way you look at it, JUVALIANT and their debut album have come up with a very impressive statement of their musical visions.