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Blumen/With a Smile – Banana Split EP

by Dæv Tremblay

a3764493273_10As the collaborative work of two great one-man projects on their own, namely Blumen and With a Smile, this Banana Split EP should be very nearing perfection! Blumen’s “Press 1 for Music” was released in 2015 and presented something fresh in the modern prog scenery. As for With a Smile, I didn’t have the chance to be acquainted with it prior to this collaboration, but I quickly realized my misfortune when I played their “Never Listen” EP, which is a welcome addition to my regular playlist.

The Banana Split is three songs long, the first of which is a … Read more

Monthly Recommendations: January 2016

by Dæv Tremblay

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2016 is officially one twelfth of the way in, and we’ve been graced with many outstanding releases during that first month. Let’s see what are the best ones, the ones you should definitely not sleep on!

First is the dissonant technical death metal Demo 2016, from Sunless.
“A big heap of harsh noise, with dissonant chords, metallic bass, aggressive drums, screams of pain and anger, a ton of odd time signatures, a handful of tempo alterations, and jagged song structures, is – one would assume, at this point – a winning recipe! Sunless has merely about eight minutes… Read more

OSR: January 31st, 2016

by Dæv Tremblay

Some new music for the very end of January!

An Argency just released their album Through Existence, and even though this is oddly put, it’s a fantastic progressive deathcore album that’s full of various influences and genrebending. Oddly, their bandcamp page seems to not be working, now, but you can get the album through iTunes and the likes. After their 2013 Dichotomy, Polaris comes back with The Guilt & the Grief, an angry progressive metalcore EP. If you’ve listened to Dichotomy, there’s no surprises in there, but it’s very well made and sounds really pissed off, even sometimes… Read more

OSR: January 29th, 2016

by Dæv Tremblay

Let’s see what the world brought us this time!

Tyler Corbett is a solo multi-instrumentist from Canada, and his latest EP, Digging the Deepest Whole, is a great and somewhat contemplative prog metal one, in the same way as David Maxim Micic’s stuff!
This Ukrainian deathcore band just released Life Imitates Art, a relatively decent, mosh-inducing heaviness. I’m sure people more into this genre than me could appreciate it better, though.
Releasing February 5th, Momentum is the second part of the Immortalist tetralogy of EPs, a very good death metal leaning on the technical side of things. Check… Read more

The Pitts Minnemann Project crowdfunds their upcoming album, “The Psychic Planetarium”

by Dæv Tremblay

Their last album, 2 L 8 2 B Normal was one hell of an album, perfect for fans crazy music and wicked musicianship! The Psychic Planetarium, which is due March 11th, will encompass many genres and styles with the usual over-the-top technicality of the members involved: Jimmy Pitts, Marco Minnemann, Tom Geldschläger, and Jerry Twyford, along with an array of guest musicians!

Click here if you want to support the project on indiegogo!… Read more