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Friday, January 19, 2018

Spiral Key "An Error of Judgement"


Country: UK
Genre(s): Progressive Metal
LabelPride & Joy Music
Format: digital
Release dateJanuary 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
LabelPride & Joy Music
Format: digital
Release dateJanuary 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:
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Proggnosis

Saturday, May 11, 2013

Spiral Key "Perfect Machine"


Country: UK
Sub GenreProgressive 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

Description/Reviews
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

Media/Samples 
Bandcamp

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