Review: Iress – Flaw
A hypnotic Post-Doom grower of an album.
A hypnotic Post-Doom grower of an album.
The Encounter seems to be an apt name for this album, seeing as this blend of jazz and almost death/tech style metal does seem to come from its own little planet outside of the rest of the scene.
This is the kind of album that just sort of rips out your throat, shows it to you, and says “isn’t this gnarly as hell?”.
Detailed rhythms highlighting shreddy, intense crescendos with keyboard acrobatics for energy in standard-but-not-standard prog metal.
A wonderful 31-minute song combining tech death with Opethian songwriting – a must hear album.
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Who brought polka in my deathcore???
A solid melodic prog metal offering
Style: Traditional (mixed vocals)Review by: AndrewCountry: US-CARelease date: 8 November, 2019 NOTE: This album was originally included in the November 2019 issue of The Progressive Subway. A month or two ago, Quintessence from the Prog Discord sent me the link to this album and the message “You might like this Read more…
Mixed vocals, weird time signatures, soaring guitars, and just a little bit of a lot of JAZZ.