EXIVIOUS

Progressive fusion metal is what this album is all about. Exivious is a fusion metal band of fusion member from Cynic and Texture. But hold your thought...this album sound nothing like Texture. They might actually lean over to cynic but still sound unique. I would say that I totally disagree with Epinogsis about his Joe Pass on distortion pedal analogy because I think Allan Holdsworth on Mesa Boogie Recto would fit more with the music style. I am a musician and I do enjoy this album so much. Their complexity is not yet off limits. It's complex enough to wow the listener but still easy enough for those who familiarlized with prog music to comprehend.

From track to track, the music pace through many, and might be too many, turns. From headbanger metal riffs to jazzy interaction between musician. The melody is nothing less than beautiful. From my musician standpoint, their talent it creativity should gain more recognition form music society. The atmosphere of this album is sometimes so ethereal and for those who enjoy the latest Maudlin of the Well's Part the Second would falls far. Other parts are so fun to listen to, they play hard enough to be recoginized as a metal band but they are also retain some quality of improvisationism and melody-oriented enough to be considered Jazz/fusion.

If you like complex music and does not want to go too far off, too destructive, to strange or too avantgarde, this album would not disappoint you. Highly recommend.