Teramaze (Progressive Metal)

No disrespect, Her Halo sounds to me as a very professional, extremely commercial, melodic power/heavy metal album. I really can't see much prog structures - smart, groovy, yes.

Sure, the riffage can be complex at times and there are longer songs in there but the multitude of 5-min standard melodic power metal songs just does not fit my description of a prog metal album. I have just been through half the album and can't change my mind.

However, I am alerting the team to re-listen and will post responses.

black_diamond wrote: Teramaze should be here

memowakeman wrote: Their music has been suggested to me by several mexican friends, and I think they deserve a place here, without a doubt!

Having recently bought the new Teramaze album (Her Halo), and listened to it, based on that new album, I too agree they deserve a place in PA (I'm not familiar with their earlier music or their early "thrash metal" period).

In fact, having also recently purchased the latest Dream Theater CD, I am thinking that Her Halo is a reasonable "compensation" for the shortcomings of the DT album. HH is not earth-shatteringly original and probably will not appeal to listeners with no liking for mainstream prog metal (DT, Symphony X, etc) but the new album is very well done and their new singer sounds very good too.

Unfortunately I suspect Teramaze is one more Aussie band which will (understandably) keep falling through the cracks at PA regardless of how many ad hoc suggestions are made for their inclusion, maybe until someone with sufficient time to compile and present a better case for their inclusion can get around to doing just that...




Edited by David64T - April 01 2016 at 09:36

Just started listening this week to Teramaze's 2015 album Her Halo after reading about them in Prog Magazine.  Definitely one of the best progressive metal albums of recent years.  \m/


Edited by Mebert78 - January 12 2016 at 12:46

I found the new album on spotify so I put Teramaze back in our chart for re-eval

EDIT: listening through now, I can't see how this is more progressive compared to previous release - nice power/groove melodic metal with a few progressive leanings, but would not call this progressive metal. See what the rest of the team thinks.


Edited by aapatsos - July 12 2014 at 09:37

^ Rejected.

Edited by DamoXt7942 - April 15 2014 at 01:13

New album is far more progressive.

Rejected based on previous samples (e.g. Anhedonia), more like technical power metal (see Nevermore are proggier than them).

My apologies, should have read the submission page again. I haven't done one in a while. I was just surprised that they were not on here.

In terms of style, Teramaze say that they’re influenced primarily by bands such as Dream Theater, Tool and Pantera. With bone crushing riffs, soaring vocals, and a solid rhythm section, the band’s sense of rhythm and feel is evident within their technical, yet tasteful music.

The sound of the band is made up of five unique individuals. Vocalist, Brett Rerekura cites Layne Stayley, Devin Townsend, Sebastian Bach and Maynard James Keenan as his main influences. The powerful vocals that he provides to the overall sound of Teramaze is a key element to their sheer power as a melodic, yet heavy band. Guitarist, Dean Wells is greatly influenced by guitarists such as John Petrucci, Marco Sfogli, Jason Becker and Marty Friedman, as is shown by his unique soloing styles, as well as the band’s riffs that compliment the sonic power of guitarist Mathew Dawson.

The late Julian Percy provided drums for the album, and his unique style of “fusion hands” and “metal feet” adds to the sheer power of the album. The band are currently searching for a drummer, if you are interested, and dedicated as a musician, then contact the band at [email protected] The album AnhedoniA is the third official release by the band, and is due in early 2012 for a worldwide release."