Excellent English prog metal. Though the songs are long and structurally complex, the playing is generally mid-paced and comparatively pared-down -- borderline doom-esque at times -- and the noodling is almost entirely confined to solos. Throw in dated production, as well as an overwhelming sense of discontent for modern life and loads of future-anxiety, and we're looking at what's easily one of my favorite prog metal albums. Found this years ago on some awesome blog that posted almost nothing but neo-prog and smooth jazz; anyone remember what I'm talking about?
Track listing:
1. Consume to Live
2. Days of Dearth
3. Sanity's End
4. Paradox
5. Surface to Air
6. Mother Earth
7. Siege of Baghdad
8. Keep It with Mine
9. Intervention
Just another victim of the system's bloody knife
More along these lines:
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| Pendragon - Fly High Fall Far (1985) |
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| Riverside - Anno Domini High Definition (2009) |
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ReplyDeletenice record! reminds me of that Pink World thing you posted a while back (which i loved). i looked up this band on allmusic and listened to their highest rated record and it wasn't nearly as good as this one. thx as always!
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot. Excellent blog!!!
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