Animus is a four-piece melodic Death Metal band from Winter Park, FL. The band draws influence from mainstream metal acts like Arch Enemy, In Flames, and Trivium. Interestingly enough, while the band doesn't cite The Absence as an influence, there's a lot of commonality with The Absence that can be heard on Animus, particularly in the verses of 'The Black Incarnation'.

The bands self written bio on their MySpace page is a bit melodramatic, but makes a fair point: Metal is Metal. It's interesting to hear bands start to move away from sub-sub-sub genres of Metal these days.

Animus is a good band, and worth a listen.