Review by Rexorcist for Indukti - S.U.S.A.R. (2004)

I'm on several metal communities, sometimes more active on others that some, and I never really see anybody talking about Indukti.  I was honestly under the assumption that they were just thrown in the Metal Academy Prog Metal List Challenge to fill up the 25 entries.  I didn't really have the highest hopes getting into this, but I had quite a bit of fun.  The seven minute opener, Freder, has a loosely industrial repetition about that maintains some originality and catchiness with a good, heavy attitude, so it was a good opener.  But then an acoustic ballad takes over on Cold Inside, and it's just gorgeous.  This one progressed perfectly, rivaling some of the folksier or symphonic stuff I heard when I was going through classic prog on Progarchives.  The acoustics transcend into track 3, titled No. 11812, which goes back into the metal weirdness and maintains a keen unpredictability, balancing out acoustic melodies with layers of electric monotony that exude futurism.  Track 4, Shade, begins with a heavily tribal ambiance, emerging into a meaningful combo of violin and heavy metal energy overtime.  Then comes Uluru, which is just freakin' maniacal.  It has everything from violin to Paranoid Android sound effects to robotic growls that sound like burps to a didgeridoo opening and doesn't spare a second without going into mindwarp overload.  Now track 6, titled No. 11811, is where some similar ideas get tossed around, potentially meaning they used up the majority of their ideas and decided to finish up with clever instrumentation to fill up the album.  It's still quite good, but for such a creative album, a little more spark would be appreciated.  The nine minute closer does this as well, but it manages to keep things cool and refreshing.  This album is a lot like a Devin Townsend album, and I really do recommend it.

95