Country: USA
Genre(s): Progressive Metal
Format: CD, digital
Release date: February 5, 2016
Tracklist:
1. Queen Wolf (4:53)
2. Offered Blood (3:39)
3. Igneous (4:58)
4. Little Witch (4:26)
5. Bats In The Attic (1:52)
6. Forgive Me Snake Ryder (2:40)
7. Chroma (4:15)
8. Vesuvius I (2:46)
9. Vesuvius II (4:32)
10. Belt Squeezer (5:18)
11. Death And The Vibrant Architecture Of Rebirth (4:51)
12. White Stag (10:50)
Total time 55:00
Line-up:
John Carbone – Vocals
Nick Lee – Guitar & Vocals
Ray Marte – Drums & Vocals
Vincent Romanelli – Bass
With
Roz Raskin – Additional vocals (8, 9)
Derek Smith – Violin (6)
Anthony Lopardo – Additional vocals (6)
Michael McManus – Additional samples (6)
Steve Gomez – Additional gang vocals (10)
Garrett Kuppelmeyer – Didgeridoo (10)
Jess DeBellis – Organ (3, 4)
Description/Reviews:
The diversity across this album is definitely its strongest selling point and it makes quick work of giving up the goods from the get go. The first track ‘Queen Wolf’ rips the hinges off the door and sets a very nice pace that the album keeps up with rather well, starting off furiously fast only to have a melodious and triumphant finish. The second track ‘Offered Blood’ has a crushing, twangy groove that screams Crack the Skye era Mastodon and the third track ‘Igneous’ is a chug-heavy blues song (Don’t worry, there’s organ in there) that’ll make you wish a train killed your baby so you could hunt down that goddamn, good for nothing train and rip its wheels off. It also gets bonus points for featuring a sound bite from the excellent 1986 film Crossroads. We are only three songs into the record and have experienced quite a bit of musical diversity. However, this is only the tip of the iceberg. Chromapargon is a record that consists of so many left hooks that you should begin to expect them, but you never do. It goes plenty of places stylistically and none of them are disappointing. Each unexpected punch to your eardrums feels not only satisfying, but also authentic. This music isn’t vibrant or different because of the band are trying overly hard to make it that way, it just simply is.
Read the full review by Ryan Castrati at
heavyblogisheavy.com
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