Informational blog about recent or upcoming prog-related rock or metal albums with a schedule of their release. Disclaimer: it's still not possible to put the albums on their future release dates.
Showing posts with label Spiral Key. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Spiral Key. Show all posts
Friday, January 19, 2018
Spiral Key "An Error of Judgement"
Country: UK
Genre(s): Progressive Metal
Label: Pride & Joy Music
Format: digital
Release date: January 19, 2018
Tracklist:
1. Reason Revolution (3:46)
2. Dark Path (6:06)
3. Freeze Time (5:40)
4. Hollywood Dreams (5:36)
5. Possessive (9:16)
6. West Facing (5:51)
7. Sanctimonious (5:08)
8. Dead End (5:47)
Total Time 47:10
Line-up:
David McCabe - vocals, guitar
Ken Wynne - bass
Chris Allan - drums
Dan Carter - guitars
With
John Mitchell (Frost*, It Bites, Arena) - guitar solo (2)
Miguel Espinoza (Persefone) - vocals (5)
Dan Carter (7)
Media/Samples
Dark Path
Hollywood Dreams
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Spiral Key "An Error of Judgement"
Country: UK
Genre(s): Progressive Metal
Label: Pride & Joy Music
Format: digital
Release date: January 19, 2018
Tracklist:
1. Reason Revolution (3:46)
2. Dark Path (6:06)
3. Freeze Time (5:40)
4. Hollywood Dreams (5:36)
5. Possessive (9:16)
6. West Facing (5:51)
7. Sanctimonious (5:08)
8. Dead End (5:47)
Total Time 47:10
Line-up:
David McCabe - vocals, guitar
Ken Wynne - bass
Chris Allan - drums
Dan Carter - guitars
With
John Mitchell (Frost*, It Bites, Arena) - guitar solo (2)
Miguel Espinoza (Persefone) - vocals (5)
Dan Carter (7)
Media/Samples
Dark Path
Hollywood Dreams
Links:
Web page
Progarchives
Proggnosis
Saturday, May 11, 2013
Spiral Key "Perfect Machine"
Country: UK
Sub Genre: Progressive Rock / Metal
Release date: May 11, 2013
Tracklist:
1. At Sixes and Sevens 6:10
2. Colder Than Heaven 6:41
3. Love Is... 7:10
4. I, Pt. 1 & 2 10:51
5. Eyes Open Wide 4:30
6. People Are People 5:08
7. Words Are Never Enough 5:48
Line-up:
David McCabe - Vocals, guitars, keyboards, programming
Ken Wynne - Bass, vocals, keyboards, programming
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The music is complex, visceral, dark, brooding and cerebral with serious technical ability. It is self styled music for grown-ups that uses crushing, angular cadences and riffs, polyrthyms and dynamics of tempo and volume.
The album consists of 7 tracks and kicks off with At Sixes and Sevens. A crunching bass and guitar intro followed by a cool synth vibe and we are away and running. The pace of the track slackens and the vocals kick in, overlaying the crashing guitar riff, a nice start to the album. Complex but accessible, my only bug bear, and it is a recurrent theme throughout the album is that the vocals struggle in the higher range, sounding like a live performance rather than recorded in the studio. There is a great synth run towards the end of the track, the whole song having an industrial vibe to it. A good start to the album but things really kick off with the second track, Colder Than Heaven. A delightful piano and guitar intro followed by a low key vocal which overlay a mellow synth vibe give this song a seriously 80’s style with hints of Ultravox, Ultravox with a seriously heavy guitar thrown in I might say, I feel like I should be having my hair fall down over one eye and be wearing pixie boots here.
Read the full review by Martin Hutchinson at ladyobscure.com
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