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Showing posts with label Toomas Vanem. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Toomas Vanem. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 5, 2022

Toomas Vanem "II"

Country: Estonia
Genre(s): Instrumental Progressive Metal
Format: digital, vinyl
Release date: January 5, 2022 (digital), May 2022 (vinyl)
Tracklist
1. Custom Feel (5:52) 
2. Little Princess (6:20) 
3. Pantuvaralic (6:53) 
4. Snowflakes (5:11) 
5. Djentelmansa (5:10) 
6. Vingardium Leviossa (5:25) 
7. Ai Ai Hii (5:21) 

Total Time 40:12

Line-up
Toomas Vanem - guitars
Andrus Lillepea - drums (1,2,4,5,6)
Kyle Hughes - drums (3,7)
Henno Kelp - bass solo (6)

Description/Reviews:
This is a dynamic creation, with liberal amounts of ebb and flow in just about all of the songs where pace, intensity and arrangements fluctuate in a flowing and logical manner. Crunchy riffs with sharp guitar soloing on top and a vast amount of variations on the guitar riffs, keyboards and guitar soloing combinations are explored ranging from majestic to elegant. Playful, calmer sections pops up at regular intervals, where landscapes with more of dreamladen character are explored, and the occasional left turn into slightly more fusion-oriented territories is a part of the totality too. And while the guitar is the star of this show, we do get a few sweet moments where the keyboards are given the limelight as well. An intriguing and well made album for those who like instrumental progressive metal, and in particular for those who appreciate such albums when they provide variation and what appears to be a focus on dynamic features.
Read the full review by  Olav Martin Bjørnsen at progressor.net' facebook

Media/Samples
Bandcamp

Thursday, May 1, 2014

Toomas Vanem "1"


Country: Estonia
Sub GenreJazz-Rock, Fusion
Release dateMay 1, 2014
Tracklist
  1. Tomorrow's Child - 5:54
  2. Lonely Proton - 4:27
  3. Ghost Story - 4:45
  4. Operation S.S.E.S. - 6:08
  5. Birthday Illusions - 4:52
  6. Summer Samba - 4:59
  7. Orbital Man - 4:43
  8. Attack of the Killer Honey Bees - 3:37
  9. Gravity of Eiffel Tower - 7:02
  10. Flower Power - 5:28
  11. Butterfly Effect - 7:05
Line-up
Toomas Vanem - guitars
Andrus Lillepea - drums
Henno Kelp - bass
   With
Stuart Hamm - on  “Gravity of Eiffel Tower”

Description/Reviews
This album of progressive instrumental rock music, by masterful guitar player and composer Toomas Vanem, is a collage of several stories about fragments of world and life, spoken in a language of music. This is the way, how Toomas Vanem interprets his experiences of life through his music. The sound is tough but meanwhile varied and sensitively colourful. The music intermediates powerful and deep emotions, offering possibilities to create a vivid and spectacular imaginations of the stories told by skilled guitarist and musical narrator.
 Read the full review by Laurie Monk at truthinshredding.com

Media/Samples 
Bandcamp

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