Posted on March 27, 2013 |
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Hailing from Yorkshire, England, Beneath The Eclipse are a new band with a remarkable amount of talent and energy for such a young four piece only just unleashing their debut EP, entitled “Effort”. Opening with the title track, a myriad of layered vocals, guitar pyrotechnics and subtle...
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Posted on December 30, 2012 |
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It’s fair to say that 2011 raised the bar with releases such as Machine Head‘s “Unto The Locust”, Steven Wilson‘s “Grace For Drowning” and Mastodon‘s “The Hunter”. However, 2012, it seems, has been even better for music, with quality albums seemingly being released every week!...
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Posted on October 24, 2012 |
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Extreme progressive metal with sharp political and social commentary. That’s what London-based The Haarp Machine is all about. An interesting combination and it sure beats the typical metal cliches like skulls and bones, dungeons and dragons and the ludicrous satanic imagery that some bands like...
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Posted on September 16, 2012 |
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When it comes down to genre bending combined with incredible musical skills few do it better than Between The Buried And Me. Albums like “Colors” (2007) and “The Great Misdirect” (2009) are just as mind blowing to me as any album by Dream Theater, Porcupine...
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Posted on August 16, 2012 |
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Several years ago, The Faceless released their second effort, “Planetary Duality”; an album of forward thinking and precise death metal. Admittedly I missed the follow up “Akeldama” so am unaware of how much the band’s sound developed in that time; but comparing “Planetary Duality” to...
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Posted on August 12, 2012 |
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Heavy T.O. Festival Preview – Sunday Sunday kicks off with a guttural roar (a theme that will continue throughout the day) as Rose Funeral take the stage! This death metal band from Cincinnati are said to bring “crushing breakdowns, and just the right amount of...
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Posted on August 6, 2012 |
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The Safety Fire has always pushed the boundaries of technical, progressive metal since their inception. With their expansive atmospheres and soaring melodies, it’s easy to see why vocalist Sean McWeeney, bassist Lori Peri, drummer Calvin Smith and guitarists Derya Nagle & Joaquin Ardiles are now...
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Posted on July 25, 2012 |
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Between the Buried and Me are to release “Telos” and “The Parallax II: Future Sequence” ; pre-orders available now Globally celebrated progressive rock / cutting-edge metal innovators Between the Buried and Me (BTBAM) recently announced that their new album, “The Parallax II: Future Sequence”, will...
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Posted on May 22, 2012 |
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Gilbert Potts was pretty happy with “Separate Realities”, the debut album of jazz/fusion ensemble Trioscapes. The band’s main man is Between The Buried And Me bassist Dan Briggs. He was more than happy to tell about his latest musical ventures, challenging musical status quo’s and...
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Posted on May 5, 2012 |
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Trioscapes are a jazz fusion three-piece made up of Walter Fancourt on tenor sax and flute, Dan Briggs (Between the Buried And Me) on bass and Matt Lynch on drums. Rather than go down the path of a band like Xenograft with it’s experimental impro...
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Posted on April 23, 2012 |
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With the title of their debut EP, “No One Is Safe”, West Yorkshire quintet When Giants Collide offers fair warning of the assault they are about to unleash. This is brutal stuff; but also rhythmically interesting, challenging, not for the faint hearted, and most definitely...
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Posted on April 6, 2012 |
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One of my good friends told me about the fusion jazz act T.R.A.M. a few months back, and I was, frankly, pretty intimidated by the prospect of listening to jazz. It is just not my favorite genre, which may be why I have never explored...
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Posted on January 31, 2012 |
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2011 was a year that saw many impressive returns, an abundance in high quality releases and a strong arrival of new bands that made the metal world take notice. There were also plenty of excellent bands that did not quite find the moment to capture...
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Posted on January 30, 2012 |
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The début album from London technical/progressive metallers The Safety Fire has been long and eagerly awaited and “Grind The Ocean“ does not disappoint. From the moment their critically acclaimed EP “Sections” was released in 2009 this release has been highly anticipated and now it has...
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Posted on July 31, 2011 |
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Intensus is the project founded by multi instrumentalist Eli Litwin. His so far prolific musical career has seen him play in many bands but this could be the most interesting yet, This album was created by Eli recording improvised drum tracks in a single take,...
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Posted on July 23, 2011 |
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As more and more split releases seem to appear there cannot be many that are as progressively textured experimentally and as intriguingly sonically wanton as the split EP from A FUCKING ELEPHANT and EL DRUGSTORE. The release on 26th July on Nefarious Industries, a newly...
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Posted on July 19, 2011 |
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Within a couple of nights of being asked to contribute to ThisIsNotAScene, I saw a post on twitter from Metal Blade Records announcing that they had signed a band called Intensus, I clicked the link and found out about the very different way this album...
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Posted on June 5, 2011 |
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New Jersey's newest metal superstars, THE AIR I BREATHE, will drop their mind-blowing debut, ‘Great Faith In Fools’ on July 4th, 2011 through Rise Records.
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Posted on April 12, 2011 |
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German atmospheric progressive metal collective and Metal Blade Recording artists, THE OCEAN, today kick off a month-long North American tour!
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Posted on April 9, 2011 |
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Raymond Westland caught up with Between The Buried And Me front man Tommy Rogers for a quick chat. They talked about the new EP – “The Parallax: Hypersleep Dialogues”, progressive music and BTBAM’s future plans. Hi there and thank you for doing this interview. Your...
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