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OSR: April 4th, 2016

by Dæv Tremblay

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Well, that was quick! On this 4/4 day, let me share with you my latest discoveries!

After their 2012 album Demur, Visions return with Shake the Earth, and they’re not kidding. This is most probably their best work to date: melodic, progressive, hardcore, full of energy, good vibes, and great production! The album comes out on May 30th. I really like where they are taking their sound. Oh, The Mercury Tree… I’ve known then since their previous album, Countenance, but Permutations is nothing you should overlook. Through the years, they’ve developed their personal brand of progressive, avant-garde, art… Read more

OSR: April 3rd, 2016

by Dæv Tremblay

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Let’s recover from the April’s Fool cringefest.

Since Primal came out, Entheos secured themselves a place amongst the very best progressive technical death metal bands out there. With The Infinite Nothing, they only hit the nail deeper and harder, with a 50-pound sledgehammer. This is no joke.

Out on April 15th, Death Lullaby‘s new album, Wormz, is a pretty good, djenty metalcore album. It does suffer a bit from being too similar from song to song, but they do have their own flavour to their compositions. Throatpunch City‘s colourful and humoristic nature comes to life more… Read more

Monthly Recommendations: March 2016

by Dæv Tremblay

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Here is what we think is the best music to come out in last month!

Krighsu is Wormed‘s latest venture into scientific jargon and brutal death metal. The concept album is just more of what Wormed has been known for, and we appreciate them for that. Have your lyrics sheet at hand, if you want to decipher the guttural sounds of Phlegeton, and be ready to be crushed by the unrelenting riffs of Krighsu. “The Psychic Planetarium, in the end, marks a new step forward in the progressive metal genre by insisting even more on technicality but… Read more

Warm up Your Throats! Audition to Be the Voice of II II II!

by Dæv Tremblay

II II II is amongst my favourite bands because of their unique style of composition. Their experimental, jazzy mathcore album, A Conundrum on My Coffee Table, from 2012, still gets played fairly frequently, which is quite a feat for me! The recent news of new material from the band, with the release of an instrumental demo on Youtube (below), stirred me up and got me very excited. It seems I wasn’t the only one because in response to the public’s reaction, the band decided to move on and concretize the new EP.

Right now, on SoundCloud, they have put … Read more

OSR: March 30th, 2016

by Deidre House

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You’re Welcome is an impressive debut EP of progressive jazz from Watchdog, a new French duo consisting of keyboard and clarinet.

Joe Santa Maria has given us a diverse and intriguing EP in Echo Deep that morphs back and forth between quirky minimalist jazz and chamber music that trades percussion for strings.

Looping sax overdubs combine to form experimental, minimalist, atmospheric jazz on Johnny Butler‘s Carousel.

The title may no longer be accurate, but Family Junction‘s Never Released Greatest Hits is an interesting and well-executed blend of prog rock and indie rock sensibilities.

Israeli prog/fusion trio … Read more