As you might have notice this blog plays around the progressive word, The main objective is to help on the promotion of metal and trying to change the perspective metal=noise.
However, Expect the unexpected. Mainly focussed on progressive metal or rock, but easily going to catch some good stuff to bands with only some progressive elements. And sometimes also going totally out of the progressive genre and of metal. Help you discovering what has been done of value around the world in my opinion.
I already talked about this album, but at that time I only gave attention to the official song of the album, "The Boy in the Radio"
Now finally after hearing carefully the album, I can't pass without showing you some of their other amazing songs, first the second song of the album, "God Vs Man" which talks about the god complex over the god itself
Then the song, "Are We Copies"
And Finally humans Being, hope you enjoy them as much as I do today
Hello fellows which can't stay without hearing new things, today I bring to you the new album of a band I talked already here, Myrath. The new album had a crowd-funding to what enable the band to do a video(for me it turned out a bit lame in some points, but the idea is interesting remembering Prince of Persia theme.
The first song is the official video released for the new album, Believer, there we see clearly a meshup between occidental and more traditional sounds
However is the last released one which attracts me more, cause not only the progressive is present with a subtle touch, all the sound typical from middle east metal is also there. check it out, Nobody's Lives
Hello my musical friends. I hope 2016 has begun has joyfully as possible.
I know I promised 3 bands, I haven't forget them, but Suddenly a new album appeared that instantly caught my attention. The new album from Nhor is something beyond exceptional, a mix between Progressive, classical and doom metal, most of the songs are just so beautiful which make me lack on adjectives to characterize it.
Nhor - Momenta Quintae Essentiae
So with no more time to be wasted I leave you with two songs from this album
First a small teaser
Than let yourself flow in the peacefulness of this song
This Wednesday, probably, I may not post anything cause I need time to prepare the coming posts properly, two of the bands I mentioned will be by parts again. From next Saturday until late February at least, I think I may be able to keep a good wave of posts. So stay tuned. And if you liked Nhor you can be sure I will comeback later once I hear more from past albums or some of the other songs appear.
Hi folks. Today I will post about the band I mentioned that had a singer who I already talked about before. That Band is Yargos.
The most known material of this band is from 2005, with the album To Be or Not to Be. Here as he did in Threshold in all the albums he appeared (Critical mass, Dead Reckoning, Subsurface, Hypothetical and Clone, is Andrew MacDermott that is well noticed. The band sound is a good mix between progressive metal environment and some retro sounds, some sound that resembles the early 90's/late 80's in metal and rock. The guitar is really present, some speed up in some parts, chorus more elaborated, check it out.
Here I leave you with The Guilded Cage:
Next post will be about a black metal/progressive metal band from Sweden, and then I will pass a bit out of metal to show you a good French band, stay tuned of Progressively Metal and around
Today I bring to you, Seventh Wonder, most of You might know this band because of new Kamelot's vocalist Tommy Karevik. However even before he went to Kamelot, Seventh Wonder was already a band to follow
Their Sound varies between a more progressive one, great composition, changes of pace, mixed with an harmonic or melodic style, mixing well all the elements, and another style more near to power progressive metal. Mercy Falls from 2008 has songs more into power progressive than The great Escape where you have, long songs with lots of variety in the song, almost seeming like a jam session.
Mercy Falls from 2008, was the album where I first met the band, the construction is well planned, not to harsh changes, with power metal influences all over, a somewhat mystical style in the air in their songs. The band member were as follows:
Tommy Karevik - Vocals
Andreas "Kyrt" Söderin - Keyboard
Johan Liefvendahl - Guitar
Andreas Blomqvist - Bass guitar
Johnny Sandin - Drums
Jenny Karevik - Female vocals
On A great Escape, the progressive elements are more present, more guitar solo, keyboard more influent, for those who are not so fans of the keyboards you may feel a bit disapointed. However I feel the band sound as one is more fluent, more symbiotically mixed, we see more harmony in the sound.
The Band members were as follow:
Tommy Karevik - Vocals
Andreas Söderin - Keyboard
Johan Liefvendahl - Guitar
Andreas Blomqvist - Bass
Johnny Sandin - Drums
Jenny Karevik - Guest Vocals on Long Way Home and The Great Escape
Today I leave you with Welcome to mercy Falls from 2008's album Mercy Falls and Alley Cat from a Great Escape, official video, this one from A Great Escape. keep paying attention to Karevik work with Kamelot but never forget to check Seventh Wonder as it's really worthing. They are releasing a new album soon we are expecting it for sure.
Today I will talk a bout a band that i just discovered, Arrow Haze.
I was searching for Warrel Dane(ex-Nevermore) songs when I stumbled upon this amazing band. A touch of Power metal really sliding into Progressive, I rather say that it is a balanced mix between Progressive and Power metal into 50% and the other 50 percent being fulfilled by progressive Rock.
This is a Belgium band, formed in 2012 which members are: Timo Somers (guitar & vocals)
Barend Courbois (bass)
Theo Vasilchenko (drums & vocals) They have only one album, Music Factory from 2012 1. Casino (5:56)
2. Memories (4:01)
3. Visions (3:32)
4. Dreams (5:45)
5. Lost (5:04)
6. Perfectly Ordinary (3:55)
7. Confirm the Message (4:11)
8. Along the Way (3:20)
9. Elly Kedward (3:46)
10. Music Factory (4:38)
11. Stranger Tides (3:54)
12. Routine (3:09)
13. Crisis (4:33)
I will share with you the song Along the Way, Enjoy, this is the first post outside the progressive metal style, but into progressive rock
As I said yesterday, I will talk about a special band, a so called supergroup, STAR ONE.
More or less at the time when I first heard Damian Wilson On Threshold, I saw on Last.fm some other related groups, specially related to Ayreon someway. You may ask, what are the similarity between Star One and Ayreon? well both bands have the same mentor behind
Arjen Anthony Lucassen.
As it happens With Ayreon, here we have a lot of great metal names, but in this case some not so obvious, some still are, I will talk about Victims of Modern Age Album.
The album is basically, a concept one around Ecological warning, the problems faced by internet or interweb if you prefer, the dangers that technology uncontrolled can make. The progressive part is also present, it his in the same music, melodic and symphonic and then becomes more speedy, harsh sometimes or even more electronic influenced. The artists on this album were:
Arjen Anthony Lucassen (Ayreon)– guitars, Hammond, mellotron, analog synths, solina strings on all tracks, lead vocals on "Lastday" and "Knife Edge"
Peter Vink – bass
Ed Warby – drums
Gary Wehrkamp – guitar solos
Joost van den Broek – keyboard solos
The track list is this one:
1. "Down the Rabbit Hole" 1:20
2. "Digital Rain" 6:23
3. "Earth That Was" 6:08
4. "Victim of the Modern Age" 6:27
5. "Human See, Human Do" 5:14
6. "24 Hours" 7:20
7. "Cassandra Complex" 5:24
8. "It's Alive, She's Alive, We're Alive" 5:07
9. "It All Ends Here" (A. "I Think Therefore I Am" / B. "Four Years" / C. "It All Ends Here) 9:46
The song I will share with you, it's called Earth That Was,
it's a post-apocalyptic scenario where Earth lost the battle against pollution and ecological hazards and Men were forced to found an
alternative world, and how it seems a hard battle as nothing is as how
own world.
It's important to keep our ears alert so we don't loose bands and super-projects like this.
Today I will start a theme that will have 4 different posts. Why 4 do you ask? because the next band I am talking next, can be divided in 4 different parts, maybe even 4, but I'm only focusing on musical/voice aspects
Threshold are a real singular band, It won't be easy for you to find a similar band as Threshold. With a Political oriented music and lyrics, with a cadence that follows the differente rythm of each part on any song, this Band formed in Surrey, UK in 1988 released by now 10 studio albums, being their current line up the following
Karl Groom - lead guitars (the oldest in the band)
Richard West - keyboards
Johanne James - drums
Steve Anderson - bass
Pete Morten - rhythm guitars
Damian Wilson - lead vocals
I will not talk about their first work, but I will talk about the 1994 album Psychedelicatessen.
This name could be a name for a german progressive band single, but no, is from the English band Threshold. In 1994 the band formation was this one
Karl Groom - lead guitars
Jon Jeary - bass
Nick Midson - rhythm guitars
Richard West - keyboards
Nick Harradence - drums
Glynn Morgan - lead vocals
The reason I'm talking of this album is because this is the only album with Glynn Morgan on vocals and the most raw and harsh album I know from them. With clear influence form the heavy metal and hard rock, that was being made back then in the early 1990's. The progressive elements are present, but not as much as in future albums.
Psychedelicatessen track list is this one:
"Sunseeker" (Karl Groom, Jon Jeary, Nick Midson, Richard West) – 7:38
"A Tension of Souls" (Groom, Jeary) – 7:10
"Into the Light" (Groom, Jeary) – 10:00
"Will to Give" (Glyn Morgan) – 4:54
"Under the Sun" (West) – 3:05
"Babylon Rising" (Groom, Jeary) – 4:42
"He Is I Am" (Groom, Jeary) – 5:51
"Innocent" (Morgan) – 4:43
"Devoted" (Groom, Jeary) – 7:32
"Lost" (Jeary) - 2:41
Intervention (Groom, Jeary, Midson) - 7:53
Here is one of the songs that I like on this album, is by far one of least albums that I like from Threshold, but from here we can identify some important influences from the divergence their sound makes a bit from here. The music that follows is He is I am, track number 7 from Psychedelicatessen
Soon I will post the part 2 of this theme about Threshold
