Showing posts with label progressive metal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label progressive metal. Show all posts

Saturday, July 25, 2009

Awesome Band You Should Probably Listen To: Grayceon

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I feel kinda bad for that massive review of Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood. I suppose I really get carried away with game reviews, so it’s back to music for a little while. And today I have something quite wonderful for you, the person reading this.

Sometimes, an awesome album just isn’t enough. Sometimes, I feel the need to do plugging of the more extreme variety. Perhaps this is due to boredom of the highest caliber, who really knows. Today, I, the amazing Some Guy, am here with a band that will violate your eardrums with amazingness. Well violate isn’t exactly the correct word here. It’s more like the warm sensation you get after somebody hugs you.

Grayceon is an American progressive metal band that doesn’t sound at all like anything else in the genre. There is nothing about them that sounds like Dream Theater, Opeth, or Ayreon. What we have here is something unique and interesting. I can’t think of a single band that sounds like them, and they are so great I feel the need to plug them.

Now there are a few things that make this band interesting. First let’s start with the obvious. They make frequent usage of a cello! Any band that uses any stringed instrument often is instantly awesome, but oh there’s more. Instead of having just one vocalist, they have two, a female soprano and a dude. Songs are lengthy and frequently change between metal and a more quiet often atmospheric sound. Drumming is great throughout and will always keep you entertained if the awesome guitar and cello somehow aren’t capable of doing so. If that isn’t enough to impress you I don’t know what will. The only thing dislikeable about this band is how the songs are all fucking huge, and therefore their entire discography is only 10 songs. I’m amazed at how not popular this band is. It’s a crime!

Grayceon - Self Titled

Grayceon - This Grand Show Is Eternal


Grayceon + Giant Squid split (You get a shitty Giant Squid song as a bonus! Their other stuff is so much better they should be embarrassed about this song. It really is that shitty)



I have been asked to remove the download link so I did. You guys are going to have to buy them if you want them (Which you should, because they're awesome).

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

Stream of Passion - the Flame Within

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Ah yes, Stream of Passion. I’ve been waiting to get my ears on a downloaded copy of this album without those annoying promo voiceovers in the middle. Their new album, “The Flame Within”, was another one of my most anticipated for the year. There’s something about the vocals of Mexican singer Marcela Bovio that just makes me let out a long dreamy sigh.

It’s a shame that aside from Macela’s vocals there isn’t much else that’s good about this album. It’s just snooze inducing generic metal. I wouldn’t even call this progressive metal anymore. I really didn’t think that Arjen Anthony Lucassen’s absence would make this downright boring, but it somehow did. And where the hell are the fucking violins? The violins made their first album awesome, but now they’re pretty much nonexistent. What the hell guys, seriously. You don’t remove one of the defining elements of your sound, especially when it was one of the most unique and interesting things about you. It’s like as if you always go the same bakery to buy these sweet delicious cupcakes because they have the best frosting ever, and you go there one day only to discover that they got rid of the frosting and replaced it with some generic Betty Crocker stuff you can get at any grocery store. You’d probably want to break a shovel over that baker’s head. Or at least I would, I take my pastry eating very seriously.

This album is boredom converted into MP3 files. It will make you want to write an angry letter to Arjen Anthony Lucassen demanding that he return to this band and make it not suck. In fact, it’s so terrible I’m just going to mooch some other blog’s download link. And it’s in two parts, on Rapidshit no less, to discourage you from downloading this.



Download links: http://link-protector.com/x-103401
http://link-protector.com/x-103402

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Some Guy OUT!

Sunday, June 21, 2009

Devin Townsend Project - Ki

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And now I remembered a little while ago I said I was going to review both the new Riverside and the new Devin Townsend. Apparently Riverside and Those Poor Bastards distracted me a bit. This isn’t surprising, I’m terribly easy to distract. Anyways this is a bit late but I’m sure you all are just gasping in anticipation as to what I think of this album.

Of course it’s good! I don’t do negative reviews, unless there’s something that really disappoints me or makes me angry. Devin Townsend is an interesting man, to say the least. It’s always interesting to see what he’s going to do, even though I don’t really like his main band Strapping Young Lad. His solo work is just amazing, and his brief appearance on Ayreon’s The Human Equation album was also amazing. It’s a shame Arjen shafted him and only used his vocals for like 3 songs. Anyways, Ki is at times very mellow and borderline relaxing. And then it goes to metal, and back to atmospheric. Vocals aren’t bad, but certainly nothing to write home about. There are a few tracks that are just kinda boring however. It’s a good thing they are over quickly and the music returns to progressive deliciousness. This is not Townsend’s best work, but it’s still good. I’m quite interested to see what he’s going to do with his next albums. Apparently they are all going to have a very unique sound. It’s certainly going to be amazing. This one was good, but can Towsend do better? We will wait and see.



Download link: http://www.mediafire.com/?ywmgzzoto3j

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Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Awesome Albums You Should Probably Listen To: Akphaezya - Anthology II

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Some Guy again with another Awesome Album You Should Probably Listen To. Should that be capitalized? Hmmm, it is the proper name of a segment on a blog, but is that really a proper noun? I’m going to go with yes. I’ve decided that this blog needs more wacky avant gardiness, so I’ve got some avant garde metal for you! And prog fans will also be delighted because although it is avant garde, it’s not THAT weird, so if you are turned off by the oddness of bands such as Unexpect or Stolen Babies this might be a bit more your style.

In case Yyrkoon wasn’t enough from France for you, today we have Akphaezya. The band describes themselves as “Eklektik Metal”, which I’d imagine is just an avant garde way to say they are avant garde. Their first album, Anthology II, is one of my favorite recent discoveries in this genre. This band combines the beautiful vocals of Nehl Aëlin with the occasional growl or something from one of the dudes in the band with some pretty sick metal riffs. Even more interesting is the frequent usage of the piano. Oh sure, lots of bands use pianos occasionally, but how about one that does it a lot? Yeah, that’s pretty avant garde. The time signatures are always odd, Aëlin’s vocals vary from normal pretty girl stuff to WHAT THE HOW DO PEOPLE DO THAT WITH THEIR VOICE. The lyrics were intriguing at first glance, so I took a trip to the band’s website to see if I could get a glimpse into what the fuck they were talking about. Apparently “Akphaezya” is some kind of other world and they plan to make 4 other anthology albums (Starting with number, because they are avant garde) to tell its story. If you’re like me and love concept albums, then you’ll love this band. They’ve certainly piqued my interest and I hope they release some new material soon.

Download link: www.mediafire.com/?tiyvmdqawtg

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Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Irepress - Sol Eye Sea I

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It appears my last review was deleted, so hopefully this one won’t be. Some Guy returns with an interesting album that you will most certainly love. And if you don’t, well you probably have bad taste in music and therefore your opinions do not matter to me.

From the second you turn on Irepress’ recently released “Sol Eye Sea I”, your face is instantly melted with post-metal awesomeness. It goes on to melt your face with post- rock awesome as well. Irepress transitions between the two quite smoothly. The vocals are practically nonexistent, however. The music is just so interesting I found myself ignoring them entirely. From the dreamy guitar work to the great bass, this album is musically solid! In fact, this album is so good I can’t even come up with a pretentious analogy to describe how amazing it is. It’s just that fucking good.

I would say that this is probably my favorite album by these guys and one of my favorites of 2009 so far. Top notch post-metal right here everybody, download this and enjoy!


Download link: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?0fnj2tn5tlm

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