The Gabriel Construct or the quintessence of progressive rock

Jun16, 2013 by Dæv Tremblay

Gabriel Lucas Riccio. That name probably doesn’t ring a bell… yet! Because after listening to the masterpiece that is Interior City, his name will sit besides those of legends like Neal Morse (Spock’s Beard, Transatlantic) or Casey Crescenzo (The Dear Hunter).

With ex members of Periphery (Travis Orbin, Tom Murphy), David Stivelman, Soren Larson, and Sophia Uddin, the band feeds on dissonant chords layered with vocal harmonies with many complex rhythms as a backbone. Adding to the traditional guitar-bass-drum band, pianos and keyboards fill the few vacant spots musically speaking, and finally the saxophone is like an olive … Read more

Scare Don’t Fear, the new hip-hop – metal transgenre

Jun16, 2013 by Dæv Tremblay

Rap or hip-hop mixed with heavy metal is something dreaded because so many tried and failed at it.

Recently, Hacktivist has given me (and other people) hope for the success of the surgery. Now, Scare Don’t Fear comes with an album, Destroy | Rebuild, with an other perspective than that offered by above mentioned Hacktivist.

Instead of taking pure djent as a base, they seem to take in influences from metalcore, electronic and dance music, as well as a little bit of djent, too.

The rap is good, the scream is good, the music is good… Destroy | … Read more

TesseracT – Altered State

Jun16, 2013 by Dæv Tremblay

Our four-dimensional cube fellows just released their new bomb, entitled Altered State. It is divided into ten songs and four movements.

Ashe does an amazing job for vocal duties. Antipodal to the trend, his vocals are clean only, and give a wonderful feeling of dreaminess at times. The other instrumentists are exceptionally talented, too, and blow this off in your face on all of the 51 minutes of the album. Polyrhythms, djents, solos, and just freaking awesome riffs dot the album and make sure to keep you interested and on the edge.