OSR: November 11th, 2015

by Dæv Tremblay
Open the Nile (formerly Open Denile)’s new EP is a good step up from their debut album, and is a very good progressive metalcore release! Oh Hiroshima is a Swedish post-rock band that can lay down beautiful atmospheres and great climaxes!
Mestis‘ second EP lost the magic that was present on “Basal Ganglia”, but Polysemy is still a pretty good one. [Preview the songs on CD Baby]

Turbulence is a Lebanese progressive metal outfit whose debut album, Disequilibrium, is pretty decent, check it out!… Read more

Ur Draugr premieres new song and announces new album!

by Dæv Tremblay

Australian progressive blackers Ur Draugr just announced With Hunger Undying, their upcoming album, and for that we get to hear “Fertile Crescent”, their tasty, blasty new song!

The album will come out November 23rd on ATMF. You can pre-order it here or be wiser and wait to actually hear the whole album before putting any penny down. However, I have to say that this song is pretty damn good!… Read more

Glass Skies – A Nature of Sorts

by Dæv Tremblay

a3893934811_16Glass Skies is a UK-based one-man band by Oscar, active since at least 2014, according to bandcamp releases. A Nature of Sorts is his first actual release, if we don’t count three singles and a backing track mini-EP.

His debut EP is a 5-song, 18-minute listen that adds a few djent elements to an otherwise jazz fusion sound, which is, for the most part, pretty laid back and contemplative but still instrumentally interesting. On that point, there is a little extended instrumentation that is fun to listen to: stuff like xylophone on Nice Monster and piano on the title track, … Read more

OSR: November 6th, 2015

by Dæv Tremblay

Lemme show you a few things!

Öz Ürügülü is a Swiss experimental jazz band that blends in a little bit of prog rock, to great effect! Barús are the latest signees of LADLO productions, and their EP shows they can make some great progressive death metal that doesn’t indulge in long songs.
오필리아 (Ophelia) is an intriguing South Korean post rock entity; their album, 당신의 환상올 동정하라 (Sympathize with Your Phantasy), is a good and extensive listen!
Good Tiger seems to have gotten all the hype, these last days, and I just have to say they delivered: their album, A … Read more

Delvoid – Serene

by Dæv Tremblay

Delvoid-Serene-CoverNorway is a prolific and high quality breeding ground for progressive metal. The latest surprise to hatch there is Delvoid‘s sophomore album, Serene: a 75-minute voyage that will make you wish that it never ends.

First of all, I could say their sound leans on tool and Caligula’s Horse’s side, but that would be oversimplifying it. Nevertheless, if you like that band’s music, you will most definitely be a fan of Delvoid’s! At the very least, the singers’ softer voice is somewhat similar, but Serene is much more into post metal. The three longer songs there really lay … Read more