Devil's Interval

They have a demo out as well that might be worth getting. We're working on inviting them to this forum as well.

Well, this is definitely not the 'standard' prog metal cup of tea.

* ducks to avoid PMT ninja weapons being thrown, then resumes *

Heavy or Eclectic come closer - there are metal riffs in here, and metal style vocals, but there's more to it. The mix of keyboards, guitar and certainly the melodies make this a pleasant listen - even if it's not something I would play everyday.

no problem Dan

good band   ..I'd tend to agree ProgMetal is not quite the best place for them, so if PMT don't take them HeavyProg will    ..I don't think they're really Eclectic at all

Atavachron wrote: good band   ..I'd tend to agree ProgMetal is not quite the best place for them, so if PMT don't take them HeavyProg will    ..I don't think they're really Eclectic at all

After listening through the album in it's entirety, I do feel as though they would best fit into either Prog Metal or Heavy Prog.  The reasoning behind Eclectic is because there are sections throughout the album that are quite different from your average metal band (most notably the Latin middle half of "Insanity Part II"), but the music remains strongly rooted into Metal, in a progressive way.

Also, I do think that we should move this thread into the suggest new bands section.  The although a "demo" doesn't really count as an official album, I would argue that "The Fine Line Between" is a complete album more-so than it is a demo.  I'll discuss this with Angelo and see what he thinks about it.

Well since the band calls the release a demo, it is fair to treat it as such, although I must admit it is quite a good listen.  My favorite song remains "Insanity", especially the jazzy section in Part II.  I guess I'll mention the issue to Angelo though just in case...

^to the best of my knowledge, they have some new material (a few songs) but I have not seen or heard of a new album/EP

Wow.  I don't even know if I can list all the things this music reminds me of at once.  Has anyone ever heard a band called The Tea Party?  To me, Devil's Interval sounds like The Tea Party + Metallica but 'proggicized' and with a ton of other, constantly varying influences.

Just some highlights:
The change at about 4:00 in 'New Millenium Babylon' was awesome.  Then how it builds up from there is also awesome.
Insanity - at some point while I was listening to this, my brain decided this song is what 'Endless Dream' on Yes' album Talk should have been.  That is a compliment, as Yes is tied with Opeth for my favorite band.
The vocals across all of these samples are simply superb.  I love it when a singer varies their style rather than singing the same way throughout an entire song, or even an entire album.  There's something extremely refreshing about these vocals, especially since so many prog bands' vocalists sing exactly the same way (I'm talking about operatic male vocals in particular - while I like them sometimes, I find them extremely tiresome when they are absolutely everywhere, and usually it sounds fake to me, like the person is forcing his voice to vibrate).  Anyway, all that long-winded comment should really be is: Good Vocals! Me Like!
Narrow - love it.  It's rare for me to hear a song that blends aspects of so many different styles that I enjoy.   Parts of this even remind me of a band that I liked a lot called Showcase that I think disappeared after putting out an album on mp3.com.
I enjoyed the funky feel of 'Death Kiss'.  I enjoyed it the least of all the songs you have up, but I still thought it was good.  Definitely a fun song.

Great music!