Track Of The Day - The Infinite Edition

Two tracks connected together to make an epic with as much grandeur as their previous ones:

This is the kind of epic Tesseract has had with "Concealing Fate" from One and the 4 epics that make up Altered State, missing in the two albums that followed. Tesseract is really back!

Humanity's Last Breath isn't the only leader of the brutal djent subgenre Thall. These two bands are also important in the subgenre's development:

A fantastic progressive start to another one of Hope for the Dying's epic journeys:

Both parts of the brutal "Bellua" suite are better suited as a full 8-minute epic. You can enjoy both parts here, but I'm telling you, it's one of those "better together" situations:

This expansive standout displays more of the band's ongoing quest for the ultimate heaviness:

Sparse Gojira-esque melody is balanced out with the rest of the song's intensity:

If you can get hooked by the neoclassical leads and melodic chorus in this memorable 9-minute epic, you'll definitely wanna stick around for the rest:

Some of the best melodic progressive metal occurs in one of my favorite tracks by this band, filled with neoclassical madness:

Another awesome epic of unbreakable glory:

One of the greatest epics in the metal part of my existence that I'm grateful to revisit after so many years away from what I once knew:

Some of the best melodic progressive metal occurs in one of my favorite tracks by this band, filled with neoclassical madness:

Playing Symphony X music was extremely important in setting up the moods for my debut novel.  This is one of the specific songs I put on repeat for that reason, along with Evolution, Egypt, Set the World on Fire and Paradise Lost.

"Evolution" and "Set the World on Fire" are both wonderful highlights. "Egypt" and "Paradise Lost" (the title track) are also great but could've been improved more in my opinion.

This massive 80-minute journey is all worth it once you reach this 10-minute sonic behemoth of a closing epic:

Another glorious 7-minute epic of unforgiving riffing:

Early Norwegian progressive/power metal with wonderful singing by Roy Khan who would later join Kamelot:

Fates Warning's first ever 10+ minute epic that would hint at the ones they would make in later albums:

This medley is perhaps the centerpiece of this Amorphis show and DVD, throwing back to an amazing album with all its diversity:

The most progressive standout to end another spectacular live show, with the gorgeous singing of ex-The Gathering vocalist Anneke van Giersbergen:

The Beginning of Times starts with perhaps the best track to introduce to Amorphis newcomers:

But it also has this bonus track which is one of the most memorable songs from their soft side:

My return to the heavy/power/symphonic metal part of my taste has also led me to discovering (and rediscovering) melodic progressive metal bands that I somehow missed when I was deep in that zone 10 years ago:

A perfect mix of atmosphere and heaviness in the best of the track of the album's progressive side:

Another fun progressive gothic highlight:

An 8-minute final epic of strength and melancholy: