Track Of The Day - The Infinite Edition
A ripper of a progressive metal anthem from our new The Infinite member Jean Elias. For fans of Dream Theater.
A ripper of a progressive metal anthem from our new The Infinite member Jean Elias. For fans of Dream Theater.
Wonderful progressive song! Jean Elias is really good at his bass. Y'know, seeing the word "Neurosis" made me realize that I need to listen to more of the band Neurosis. I should get going on that band soon...
An amazing example of progressive doom/death from Massachusetts, USA.
An amazing example of progressive doom/death from Massachusetts, USA.
That song is indeed amazing! I sense some prominent Wildhoney influences in there...
Finally listening to more of post-sludge legends Neurosis! Here's a good song from them:
As good as the djent sound gets in my opinion. The Swedish masters of the subgenre at full strength.
A grand progressive post-sludge epic from the latest Ocean album, featuring the voice of Katatonia's Jonas Renkse:
3 incredible Infinite bands I started to enjoy and listen to, spanning across over 3 decades, from the late 80s/90s progressive groove/thrash of Coroner...
...to the 2000s progressive post-sludge of Isis...
...and finally, the 2010s progressive metal/rock of Haken:
When I did my review for Gojira's The Way of All Flesh, I initially didn't think one of the songs "Yama's Messengers" stood out well because it was too sludgy for me at the time, but thanks to my tolerance for sludge improving, I now enjoy that song! And that alone has made me realize that album's true perfection.
A magical reenactment of one of Opeth's more beautiful works.
I just gave that Opeth live album another listen and a review. Indeed one of the greatest, most mind-blowing progressive live releases ever! Though I feel like it would've been better if they've also done killer songs like "Serenity Painted Death" and "Wreath", the latter from Deliverance, the only album at that time to not have a song played in that performance. Oh well... Anyway, here's the original of that beautiful work in its equally magical studio form:
The ultimate Opeth epic, despite a few compositional flaws:
An epic melodeath-driven German progressive metal outing.
An epic melodeath-driven German progressive metal outing.
It sure is! Thanks again, Daniel!
Man, I was on a roll when reviewing all those Opeth albums. OK, this is the last Opeth track I'll share for now. Just disregard the "Reverie" part of the title that was meant for its pregap interlude and enjoy the "Harlequin Forest" epic!
Yes I know, the album this song is in is not in The Infinite, not even in this site because it's non-metal, but it seemed fitting for this sad time, so there. RIP Sean Reinert and Malone );
Blackened post-metal from Finland for fans of A Forest Of Stars, Hail Spirit Noir & Sólstafir.
While I like a couple North bands now, that's mainly because they were only in The North for the first half of their tenures and I like the albums after they started moving out of black metal (https://metal.academy/forum/12/thread/191?page=1#topic_5129). I also like Solstafir, from their black metal debut to their subsequent albums of post-metal, including this epic from their newest album:
I've been really enjoying this classy little instrumental piece from this month's feature release this morning. For fans of Porcupine Tree, Leprous & Haken.
A glorious 22 and a half minute epic from one of the bands that inspired the indirect Devin Townsend recommendation to me:
A couple recommendations from January's featured releases have opened a few gates to different bands of further horizons for me, from the spacey post-sludge of Rosetta...
...to the comedic progressive metal of one of the genre's masterminds, Devin Townsend...
...and finally the progressive industrial metal of his former band Strapping Young Lad:
Not really the most metal track, but it's certainly an epic you can't ignore in this progressive masterpiece of an album:
Yeah it's an absolute stunner, isn't it? One of my favourite tracks from the album.