JELLYFISH

This Brazilian outfit plays a quite varied mix of progressive rock and metal without getting too eccentric. 'Armadillo Inc' is the one track that caughts most of my attention with its laid-back fusion style and quaint bass and drums. Other songs such as 'Toca do Lagarto' and 'Pororoca' are built around raw guitar riffs, whereas the metal guitar is ever present, as is the keyboard background.

As a whole the album is a solid and genuine craft showcasing great musicianship despite containing quite few eye brow-raising moments. In the long run, most of the tracks unfortunately does not lift upon repeated listening but rather feels increasingly worn out, which I attribute to the vast presence of monotonous use of melodies.