Category: Progressive

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Seven7 – The Follower

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 I’m not quite sure what it is, but I have a sneaking suspicion that this band likes the number seven just a little bit. I don’t know what it is. Just a feeling. Anyway, “The Follower” is what you would typically expect from a progressive metal album with each song having a different characteristic that shows an attitude of out-of-the-box thinking that was done during the writing for this album. An excellent example would be how in one track is starts out with a very famous and dramatic piece of classical music the name of which I don’t even know … Continue reading Seven7 – The Follower

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Alustrium – A Tunnel to Eden

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 Normally whenever you see the term “progressive death metal” it’s just a cover name for some band trying to disguise the fact that they’re deathcore in reality. But in the case of “A Tunnel of Eden” from Alustrium, progressive death metal is the most perfect way to define this album in its entirety without leaving out one single note, chorus, or beat. All 11 tracks off of the album bring a distinct sound that are truly progressive in their composition while still holding that death metal feel with the intensity of the vocals breaking through and making an amazing combination … Continue reading Alustrium – A Tunnel to Eden

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Cattle Decapitation – Manufactured Extinct (single)

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 I have only ever heard of Cattle Decapitation until today. I’ve never heard any of their music and figured that their newest single “Manufactured Extinct” from their upcoming album “The Anthropocene Extinct” was as good as any place to start, and holy shit was I not disappointed! Right from the first sight of the cover art I felt like this was going to be a brutal single and Cattle Decapitation brought the brutality in every single way. The intense death metal riffs alongside the guttural, versatile vocals that have 3 different sounds throughout this single alone: your expected death metal … Continue reading Cattle Decapitation – Manufactured Extinct (single)

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Subterranean Masquerade – The Great Bazaar

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 “The Great Bazaar” is a little on the odd side of metal in the way it’s performed, and you may have already guessed that from the very different looking cover art. Subterranean Masquerade is a progressive symphonic metal group but some of the vocals were very deep and guttural much like death metal so I was really taken aback because I did not see that kind of shit coming, but it worked out pretty well so I’m okay with it. But there was also a nice variety of sounds played by instruments that I cannot place for whatever reason, so … Continue reading Subterranean Masquerade – The Great Bazaar

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Gaillion – Letters from the Skipper (single)

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 When I say that “Letters from the Skipper” is a free flowing single, I’m not trying to make a pun out of the album cover. This progressive rock song has a very calming feel to it that you don’t normally see in progressive rock because the more progressive side is more of an experimental genre and can have a wide variety of sounds, combinations, and tunes that are more innovative. But Gaillion take a simple route and make this a more calming song as I said and making it ideal for something like a boat ride, as you might be … Continue reading Gaillion – Letters from the Skipper (single)

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Orpheus Blade – Wolf’s Cry

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 It’s always a rare occasion when I hear an album and cannot place any sort of genre by the third or fourth track, and yet the only thing I can call “Wolf’s Cry” by Orpheus Blade is just metal. This is called a progressive metal album, and I can see that in some areas, but the rest of this album is straight up simple metal in my mind and doesn’t truly stick itself to any one subgenre of metal. The sheer variety that is in “Wolf’s Cry” is shown very well with 2 tracks, including the first one, taking a break, slowing … Continue reading Orpheus Blade – Wolf’s Cry

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Winterfire – The Beckoning Silence

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 Melodic metal always takes me back to Disturbed just because they’re my favorite melodic metal band and I listen to them on a daily basis, so they’re always fresh in my brain. But Winterfire’s debut album “The Beckoning Silence” is an album with lengthy tracks (3-7 minutes long) that impresses with each track as you continue into the album that might be the new Disturbed for some people, not for me however even though this is a very solid album. All 11 tracks have a cool, flowing sound to them that is very smooth and dynamic at once which is … Continue reading Winterfire – The Beckoning Silence

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Obsidian Key – LOUD!

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 This band is technically both progressive rock and metal, but I’m going to stick with just prog rock because Obsidian Key’s upcoming album “LOUD!” isn’t heavy or hardcore enough for me to consider it metal. There were plenty of calm pieces throughout the album that were very soothing and had a great sound to them even though they’re the opposite of what you’d expect from the title of the album. While some of the songs are lengthy, they do keep the quality consistent all throughout the album and they’re all something that rock fans from everywhere will be able to … Continue reading Obsidian Key – LOUD!

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Grenouer – Unwanted Today

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 You know . . . when a band like Grenouer puts out what is now eight albums and are really good especially in their eighth album, you’d think that that band would be on the grid, doin’ world tours and shit like that. But quite the opposite is true because from what it would appear, Grenouer has quite the cult following of a relatively tiny group of people that have heard them before and are now fans of their progressive metal/rock sound and style as I am myself. “Unwanted Today” is most likely the ultimate album for people out there (and yes they exist) … Continue reading Grenouer – Unwanted Today

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Witch of the Waste – Made of Teeth

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 When a band this unknown puts out an album as hardcore and insane as this it only shows that Witch of the Waste has the talent of veterans when it comes down to making an amazing album. “Made of Teeth” is what it sounds like – an absolutely raw album that is filled with brutality that is relentless in each and every song. From the very beginning of this EP it is clear that Witch of the Waste have come to make a point and that point is thaty’re a force to be reckoned with and has come to kick … Continue reading Witch of the Waste – Made of Teeth