Track Of The Day - The Infinite Edition
One of the most killer Metallica covers you would ever hear. When progressive death goes thrash!
Absolutely supreme US progressive metal from the masters of the subgenre. Spectacular stuff for fans of Rush, Fates Warning & Haken.
Absolutely supreme US progressive metal from the masters of the subgenre. Spectacular stuff for fans of Rush, Fates Warning & Haken.
A killer epic from one of the best albums in the history of melodic progressive metal! Or as the top comment on its YouTube video says, "Indian progressive dubstep metal".
While reviewing albums from Type O Negative as part of my Gothic Metal Clan Challenge strategy, I'm also listening to a bit of Nevermore, another band with a longtime vocalist who passed away. Y'know, Daniel, I'm a little surprised about you not liking their last album. I personally think The Obsidian Conspiracy is a great valuable swansong for the band, including their title finale with its killer melodeath-ish riffing and shredding. But I can never hear those ending lyrics the same way ever again, "The drowning sage can't feed the silence, the firestorm can never be heard, these are my last....WORDS."
To be honest, the vocal performance was simply far, far too theatrical for my taste. I found it thoroughly abhorrent & couldn't sit through it. That was quite a while ago now & I'd be interested to see if I still feel the same way.
One of my all-time favourite progressive death metal tunes. For fans of Atheist, "Spheres"-era Pestilence & the second half of Death's career.
Daniel's choice for July's The Infinite featured release immediately made me think of this.
A fantastic live version to boot (damn these guys were good!!):
Did you know Mastodon contributed to the soundtrack for the film Jonah Hex? D*mn, I gotta watch that movie...
A very solid progressive metal outing that highlights the fact that these Teutonic thrashers had a fair bit more to offer than being an outlet for mindless thrashing. How much do the vocals sound like Soundgarden's Chris Cornell??
Here's the album version of "The Drapery Falls" that's as fantastic as that live version. These guys are indeed good! I gotta listen to more of that band soon...
Yeah "The Drapery Falls" is an elite level example of progressive metal alright. One of the the classics for sure. "Harvest" & "Dirge For November" are my personal favourites from "Blackwater Park" though & "Bleak" isn't too far behind.
"Dirge For November" and "Bleak" are some of my personal album favorites too, and I especially love the 12-minute title epic!
Amazing album from a top tier band at their peak. It's been a while since I listened to it actually. I think it's time...
Spectacular Swedish post-metal for fans of Isis, Neurosis & The Ocean.
A stunning progressive metal instrumental from one of the greatest talents the 1980's neoclassical guitar shred era produced.
Is this the best piece of progressive metal ever performed? Quite possibly!
I just gave that Leprous live album another listen and a review. It was indeed one of the greatest, most mind-blowing progressive live releases ever, but I feel like some things make the album a little empty, like for example, the absence of the over 10-minute epics from Aeolia and Tall Poppy Syndrome that would've made a more proper farewell to their earlier metal style. Oh well... Anyway, here's the original of that grand finale piece of progressive metal:
Superb Icelandic post-metal for fans of Agalloch, Russian Circles & Toundra. This particular track shows off Solstafir's black metal roots with a vocal performance that reminds me heavily of Primordial's A.A. Nemtheanga.
A killer song from Opeth's last metal album:
Avant-garde progressive metal from Canada for fans of Vektor, Coroner & Watchtower.
The godfathers of post-metal flex their atmospheric muscles with predictably mind-blowing results. For fans of Isis, Cult Of Luna & Minsk.
The ultra-rare Nucleus demo by progressive-thrashers Vektor is finally found! Check it out for the band's earlier songs at their original form: