I've always enjoyed the concept of the split cd as it's a chance to hear more than the single track you'd expect to hear on a compilation, and with only two bands to listen to, it's a lot easier to absorb than 15 new bands vying for your attention all at once. Here we have 2 bands from Germany, namely Far From Horizon, from the Northern town of Bielefeld and Cult Of Gaia, who are from Aschaffenburg in the South.
The heavier of the two bands is Far From Horizon, who treat us to 5 songs, and an outro, of in-your-face Deathcore and thankfully, there's not a hint of wimpy clean vocals to be heard, although there is a clever use of female vocals towards the end of track two, Ophelia. For the most part, this is brutal, gutteral and downright heavy as hell and Far From Horizon are a band I'd definitely like to hear more from.
With the vocals coming in a few octaves higher, kind of like a modern hardcore-ish bark, and with a rather unique blend of melodic Death guitar lines, Cult Of Gaia certainly make an impact, mainly because I've not heard the two styles used in this way before. Breaking this cacophony up is the obligatory gutteral growled vocals and a few squealing guitars. I'm not sure if they've absolutely nailed what they are trying to achieve, but at least they are trying something a little different.

1. Abandon something
2. Ophelia
3. How to find the gasleak with a lighter
4. 5 guys 1 cake
5. Lets talk about feelings, shall we?
6. Outro
7. Es werde
8. Loblied auf pandora
9. Ares
10. Leviathan