I'm kind of breaking the routine of posting full albums, and I'm just going to post a few videos of extremely impressive shred guitar playing. These guys are neoclassical geniuses. I hope you enjoy them.
My, my, where do I even begin with this one. Well if I were to sum this album up with one word, it would be "beautiful." There really is no other way to describe it, no matter how cliche and overused the word may be. This is Melodic Doom Metal at it's finest. The weeping melodies of the guitar shroud the album in a sorrowful bliss, a parallelism not easily mastered. The vocals are downright incredible. The harmonies the vocals display on this album are magnificent. Focusing mainly on the Sea, this album features both epics and quick magnanimous tunes that will most likely have you coming back for more. Please enjoy.
Progressive Metal (Considered Progressive Metalcore)
Track listing:
Foam Born: The Backtrack
Foam Born: The Decade of Statues
Informal Gluttony
Sun of Nothing
Ants of the Sky
Prequel to the Sequel
Viridian
White Walls
While most defined metalcore may be awful, these guys completely deny their scene and create a fantastic progressive album. Nothing about this album is metalcore really, aside from the vocals. The rest of the album is complete technical mastery and progressive ecstasy. From start to finish, this album takes you on a journey, every song leading into one another, flowing with ease. The musicianship is also fantastic. Put aside every stereotype that you have and every prejudice towards metalcore and give this album a chance. You will be blown away.
Originating from Canada, these skilled musicians create a fantastic twist on traditional Technical Death Metal but adding elements of melody into their playing. The musical accomplishments of this band cannot be questioned, as they easily envelope progressive time changes and impressive feats on their various instruments to compose strikingly catchy and enjoyable metal. The drum work is rather notable as well, the man's feet are rather impressive as well as his perfectly executed double bass kicks. Elements of elegance are placed strategically throughout the album in the forms of slight breaks from the relentlessness of the heavy compositions. Enjoy this masterfully written and executed album. You will not be disappointed.
A pioneering group in the Gothenburg scene, At the Gates fuse a strange and primal form of Melodic Death Metal mixed with Black Metal influences and atmospheric mastery to create the Swedish gem, The Red in the Sky is Ours. The tortured screams of Tomas Lindberg mixed with the brutal yet beautiful guitars paint a portrait of gorgeous decay in the mind of the listener. The band also incorporates violin into the musical compositions, creating a paradox between harsh and majestic. This album is a bit hard to digest at first for someone not familiar with Melodic Death Metal because of it's harsh and strange breed of vocals and poor production quality (which in my opinion, adds to it's haunting disposition.) If so, I recommend you start with Slaughter of the Soul, a different more accessible album by the same group.
