Alaya "Thrones"

Country: USA
Sub Genre: Progressive Metal
Label: Basick Records
Release date: March 17, 2014
Tracklist: 
1. Inside
2. White Noise
3. Sleep
4. Screaming Still
5. Poor Gloria
6. Haunted Pt. I
7. Grace
8. Day of the Dead
9. Thrones
10. Paths
11. Entropy
12. Haunted Pt. II
13. Haunted Pt. III

Line-up: 
Evan Graham Dunn - Guitars, Vocals
David Jacob Robison - Drums
Michael Brandt Rinkenberger - Bass

Description/Reviews: 

Alaya perfectly understand the power contained in the joining of bass-heavy breakdowns and provocative lead guitars. The result keeps you at the edge of your seat throughout. This is further amplified by their extremely unique and progressive song structure; whenever a song seems to take an obvious turn, something will come along and break it. Oriental samples, weird snippets of distorted keyboards, or simply a breakdown where one was not expected—all these contribute to making song progression unique and engaging. However, Alaya are not afraid to keep it simple as well, where it’s needed. Songs like ‘Inside’ or ‘Sleep’ are simply catchy, relying on well-founded riffs to hook the listener in. Where others might have felt self-conscious, Alaya fully embrace the attraction of such alluring tools and use them masterfully.

Read the full review by Eden Kupermintz at heavyblogisheavy.com

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