AQUARIUS

I’v been waiting about a year for this band to release an album, they added me on myspace where they had streaming tracks from their demo (which blew my mind, I had never heard such great demo’s in my life). I got the album upon its release, but mind you I was very skeptical and feared for the worst. The album begins, and what a beginning it is. Very much dream theater-esque progressive rock with hints to the eclectic-ness of Gentle Giant the genre shifting of Between the Buried and Me and definitely very Genesis influenced. The record has a lot of jazz undertones and is very symphonic. Track one and two have a short section in which growling takes place, but the album is hardly heavy (I assure you), it more closely represents the idea of characters such as the slipperman in The Lamb. It’s unbelievable how illustrious the eclectic solo’s are, sometimes they shift instruments within the same scale showing off their Gentle Giant influence. Keep in mind this album is very progressive and you’ll find yourself being pulled in directions you’d never believed the band could properly pull off (and they do pull it off, quite well I might add). Great musicianship is evident upon first glance (or rather listen)there are excellent keys, astounding drums, badass guitar work and for the most part excellent singing throughout the whole album. I must say this is my favorite first attempt release by a progressive rock band within the past 15 years, the band seems very organized and has blown me away being like I said quite skeptical upon buying this album. This album is not very heavy, think Rush, and very much roots progressive rock, but with influences from nearly every spectrum of progressive rock. This album is for fans of: Dream Theater, Genesis, King Crimson, Between The Buried and Me(for the genre shifting), Cynic (for the jazz influence), Mirthrandir.