With the metal genre divided into hundreds of sub genres, Ventriloquist aims to combine the many styles into one, to take away the labeling and return to a state of "metal". Not deathmetal, metal core, hardcore or techmetal, just metal. With this in mind, Ventriloquist has no boundaries or barriers to stop them from acheiving excellence with their art. Taking influence from the Dillinger Escape Plan, Converge and Between the Buried and Me, these five gentleman from Lancaster Pennsylvania are poised to bring metal back to its roots.