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| 4.5 superb | Leland | March 10th 23 |
Deliriously under-appreciated progressive metal album. Symphonic and heavy as fuck. You will not find this album on any streaming site, only YouTube.
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| 3.5 great | ExoskeletalJunction | March 19th 22 |
Listening diary 8th March, 2022: Koyaanisqatsy - From the Yearning to Burst the Perpetual
Circle (neoclassical progressive metal, 2000)
It's probably no surprise that this album has something of a cult - it's a one-off album from
a band with a strange name, in a style that has honestly not been explored as much as you'd
think. Sure, there's tons of symphonic progressive metal, and tons of instrumental technical
stuff, but not a lot that really first partway through that. This is an instrumental metal
album that doesn't feel like it's there to show off how good the guitarist is. In fact,
entire parts of this feel like a piece of classical music, with the same focus on
instrumental melodies, recurring motifs and slow mood changes. The guitar here isn't a lead,
shining above the rest, it's just a part of an orchestra. This is a symphony, not a concerto.
But it has a ceiling - power metal has never interested me and although it's great to have
some without any nail scratching vocals, the sections of instrumental power chugging aren't
particularly interesting. There are also parts where the limits of creating an orchestra with
keyboards in the year 2000 show up - this sounds painfully fake for great lengths. At times
when the melodies are good enough to carry it, that's fine, but there are sections where that
isn't the case.
6.6 (4th listen)
Part of my listening diary from my facebook music blog -
www.facebook.com/TheExoskeletalJunction
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| 4.0 excellent | Spag | June 30th 20 |
| 5.0 classic | sagu | September 29th 12 |
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