haven't heard yet, will listen after work, etc. Bugs me a lot of other sites got promos, but whatevs, May 10th is only a 1-week from Friday (and an Album Stream probably will show up soon, although I also preordered).
Yep.
At work = can't listen yet.
Dark/Gloomy cover art. Almost reminds me of like an Agalloch album cover. And the title "Winter Ethereal" sounds rather Agalloch, Opeth or Scandinavian Metal esque.
Anyway, very excited for May 10th, or even just later tonight to hear "Straight and Narrow" the 1st single (available on multiple formats: facebook, youtube, itunes, bandcamp, etc).
Love me some John Arch!
edit: Yeah "Straight and Narrow" is outstanding. Album of the Year?..maybe
Arch / Matheos reveals details for new album, 'Winter Ethereal'; launches video for first single, "Straight and Narrow" Winter Ethereal will be released May 10th on Metal Blade Records. A video for the song "Straight and Narrow" is available now for streaming. Watch the video and pre-order the album in various bundle packages at http://www.metalblade.com/archmatheos In progressive metal circles, the names of guitarist Jim Matheos and vocalist John Arch are spoken with due reverence. With the former having been a driving force in Fates Warning for thirty-five years, and the latter the original front-man of that band, they also have a single seminal work under the Arch / Matheos banner, 2011's Sympathetic Resonance. In 2019, they have reunited to follow that record up with Winter Ethereal, a more stylistically varied and perhaps deeper collection that explores a lot of sonic territory over the course of nine immersive tracks. "This stems from both of us trying to step out of our comfort zones a bit, sometimes voluntarily, sometimes being pushed," states Matheos. "Having worked together so many times, it would be easy to fall into the same way of doing things, and I think we were both interested in exploring some new areas." Arch concurs and adds: "Each song is notably different from the next, and nothing sounds repetitive. It is not a concept album, but somehow after a full listen from start to finish, there does seem to be continuity between the songs that I can't describe. At over an hour long, I think the fans will agree that it is a full listening experience." Winter Ethereal will be available in the following formats: -digipak-CD -black / white marbled swirl (US exclusive - limited to 700 copies) -clear w/ blue smoke (US exclusive - limited to 300 copies) -180g black vinyl (EU exclusive) -blue / red marbled vinyl (EU exclusive - limited to 300 copies) -ice blue marbled vinyl (EU exclusive - limited to 200 copies) -white vinyl (EU exclusive - limited to 100 copies) -white / black marbled vinyl (EU exclusive - limited to 400 copies) * exclusive bundles with shirts, plus digital options are also available! Winter Ethereal track-listing
1. Vermilion Moons
2. Wanderlust
3. Solitary Man
4. Wrath of the Universe
5. Tethered
6. Straight and Narrow
7. Pitch Black Prism
8. Never in Your Hands
9. Kindred Spirits
Been awhile since I made any of these. I forgot at least 1 record, so I will be making another video or 2 soon if time allows.
Or more per inspiration. I just may have to plan, I dunno. Sea Of Tranquility is doing a Top 10 Songs lists of videos, which I could easily do, if I write them out probably.
Opeth - My Arms, Your Hearse
Godspeed You Black Emperor - Lift Up Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven
22 - You Are Creating (Limb 1 and Limb 2)
I was thinking of F♯ A♯ ∞ not "Yanqui U.X.O."
Black Belt Eagle Scout - Mother of My Children
Sufjan Stevens - The Age of Adz
Josh King - Into the Blue
Bend Sinister - Foolish Games
Kai Danzberg - Pop Up Radio
Jeff Buckley - Mystery White Boy
Murder By Death - Who Will Survive and What Will Be Left of Them
Kindo - Happy However After
Bent Knee - Say So
Kimbra - Primal Heart
Fjokra - Evening Lights [1B]
System of a Down - Mezmerize
Chick Corea - Before Forever
So here's yet another REACT TO entry to a podcast/youtube video, this time it's from The Prog Report and includes host Roie Avin, Mike Portnoy and Kyle Fagala who moderates Mike Portnoy's Forum Facebook Group .
And this is definitely related (although not identical) to the lists, and I suppose my REACT TO to 2 other previous entries:
So in going through their picks, the large chunk of them I know well (Kevin Gilbert of course is the 1 I am happiest to hear about since he's my favorite). And many I know for the most part how I stand about (The Flaming Lips and obviously Radiohead).
But the ones I don't know or know well, that I mean to now checkout:
The Grays - Ro Sham Bo
Chris Cornell - Euphoria Morning
My Chemical Romance - Welcome to the Black Parade
Bill Hubauer - We Came From Space
Once and Future Band - Once and Future Band
Dire Straits - Love Over Gold
Tears for Fears - Raoul and the Kings of Spain, Everybody Loves a Happy Ending (which I'm surprised Roie didn't mention how they have a new album coming out soon).
The Grays I'm sort of Guilty-of per my love of Jellyfish, and I 1st and foremost think of the video Beavis and Butthead tore to shreds of them (they also had a Jellyfish video on their show, which I don't think they loved either, but did not hate-on as much). But I also recall checking samples of The Grays and Imperial Drag and being underwhelmed. Imperial Drag especially, on more than 1 occasion.
However, at least that 1st sampling was many years ago. In fact it may have been in 1 of those Red Dot Net listening stations at Cheapo in the early 2000's. So it's been awhile. I do enjoy some of Jason Falkner's solo work, although not to the point of addiction.
The lists make a lot of sense. Even Wilco of late I have started to wonder if I would like reading comments about them. My wife actually even likes some of their music. And at the Michael Nesmith show back in January, Circe Link actually mentioned them to myself and John while waiting in line. How Wilco in some ways are a descendant to Nez's solo stuff (that is, despite my wife and I'm sure many fans, would call Mike's solo work "progressive country rock" which i guess maybe Wilco could be referred to as as well).
I could nitpick a bit though, probably not as much as I could. But for one, Roie's comments about Mutemath, while somewhat accurate, didn't really explain the story. Darren King was on and contributed to the writing as far as I recall, to ALL OF THEIR ALBUMS. And their latest album, Play Dead, while his and Roy Cardenas last, is NOT totally electronic the way Vitals was.
Also he didn't mention Odd Soul which again, wasn't so electronic. Saying their debut is their best I'm fine with. Also he probably never saw it, but Darren King in an interview in some magazine, around the time of Armistice I think it was, mentioned Dream Theater. Now it would help to find the article and quote, etc. But I remember that distinctly and felt they obviously have some prog in them at least Darren knowing DT and likely Portnoy.
Glad they played some from St.Vincent's debut album Marry Me. My feeling about her hasn't changed sadly, as I enjoy that debut record, but the records since she has lost me more and more (and also became a Hipster darling more and more, which doesn't help if that means anything). The noise kills her music for me. And she doesn't sound all that much like Annie Haslam singing for King Crimson anymore.
I like that Mike brought up I Mother Earth, and I don't recall if I actually have heard their new songs (since 2015). Rateyourmusic shows 3 new songs there anyway, which I definitely need to hear. But I will post below my own 5 picks (and some Honorable Mentions). And The Tea Party are an obvious one to include, but for some reason don't always get mentioned when seeing people talk about Big Wreck and in this case, I Mother Earth. Those were the Big 3 90's Canadian bands who while not overtly progressive rock, were progressive certainly.
Almost like the Texas 3 of King's X, Galactic Cowboys and Atomic Opera.
The Tea Party still need more love among progressive rock fans. Their last album The Ocean at the End, from 2014 is exceptional and yet it seems to have flown far too much under the radar other than among fans in Canada and in Australia where I think some of the band have residence.
Mike Portnoy
Kevin Gilbert
The Grays - Ro Sham Bo
Chris Cornell - Euphoria Morning (1999 album)
The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robot, At War with the Mystics ("Pompei am Gotterdammerung".."What is the Light....")
Biffy Clyro - Puzzle, Opposites
Kyle
David Bowie
St.Vincent
Radiohead
Muse - Absolution, Black Holes and Revelation, Origin of Symmetry
Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Sky Blue Sky.. "Art of Almost" track
Roie
Mutemath
Fair to Midland
Tears for Fears (Seeds of Love, Elemental, Raoul and the Kings of Spain, Everybody Loves a Happy Ending)
Big Wreck
Umphrey's McGee - Mantis, Similar Skin ("Bridgeless") It's Not Us ("Remind Me")
Mike Portnoy's Honorable Mentions/Mentions
Jellyfish (+ Imperial Drag, and Beck.."Watching the Rain" a b-side from Jellyfish)
Weezer - Blue, Pinkerton
Ben Folds Five/Ben Folds
Eleven
Oceansize
Big Elf - Cheat the Gallows
Endochine
I Mother Earth
Karmic Juggernaut . reminds Mike of Umphrey's McGee
Bill Hubauer - We Came From Space
Once and Future Band
The Lemon Twigs
Trigger Finger
Mr.Bungle
Roie's Honorable Mentions/Mentions
The Struts (not proggy)
The Dear Hunter
My Chemical Romance - Welcome to the Black Parade
Extreme - III Sides to Every Story
Silverchair - Young Modern
Frank Zappa
Soundgarden - Superunknown
Kyle's Honorable Mentions/Mentions
Dire Straits - Love Over Gold
The Who - Quadrophenia
Tool - Lateralus
Green Day - American Idiot ("Homecoming," "Jesus of Suburbia")
Alter Bridge - Fortress ("Cry of Achilles"
Avenged Sevenfold - The Stage
Matthew Sweet/Superdrag/The Posies (XTC-style)
The Polyphonic Spree
Sufjan Stevens
Them Crooked Vultures
I am going to intentionally not pick anything that was picked because I could easily just go
Kevin Gilbert, Jellyfish, and some others that they named (Fair to Midland and The Dear Hunter if they actually would qualify).
But just to think of 5 names not brought up..and of course many honorable mentions
1. Jeff Buckley 2. Ours 3. Apes and Androids/Call Florence Pow 4. Pepe Deluxe 5. Cloud Cult
Fjokra Foals Kimbra Janelle Monae The Tea Party Imogen Heap Saigon Kick Menomena/Ramona Falls Neverending White Lights Everything Everything sElf House of Fools Small Leaks Sink Ships Godspeed You Black Emperor Sigur Ros Wolf Parade - At Mt, Zoomer The Velvet Teen - Elysium The Spent Poets - The Spent Poets The Dissociatives - The Dissociatives
Most if not all of these artists don't consider them self "Prog" or "progressive rock" even really for the most part, but every one of them is (or the albums I included) progressive or artsy in a lot of ways certainly.
I mean sure there are the long list of progressive college rock (or "modern heavy art rock") bands in those other 2 entries I included that were not mentioned on this podcast. But in just coming up with a list of bands I enjoy that while I consider them progressive, the strongest base of their sound and themselves and most of their fans do not label them as "prog." But I would argue they are progressive, and maybe more importantly, they can and have appealed to fans of Yes, Genesis, Pink Floyd and Dream Theater.
Now just thinking about this Podcast and depending on Roie's taste (which I am kind of skeptical about), he should now do an Experimental/Art Metal episode. Aka Metal bands/albums for prog metal fans, that are not traditional progressive metal.
Aka. an Extreme Metal episode. So no Dream Theater or Fates Warning or Rush or Queensryche (or Savatage actually). And no HAKEN of course, and no Symphony X really either.
I'm talking about stuff like Cynic, maudlin of the Well, unexpect, SikTh etc...There's a lot of it out there, and progressive rock/progressive metal fans do like it, but also many either don't know it (or know they would like it), or often DISMISS it like Kyle mentioned with Muse and Radiohead (or Wilco).
Sort of more Metal like Opeth, but not Opeth obviously, in a vague sense. Metal for the prog fans who enjoy Opeth, but who don't know other names that well.
I'm sure stuff like Meshuggah and Periphery would show up, which is fine, but like anything, there are artists in genres/subgenres you love, who often don't do a lot for you as an exception.
New track "As You Are" and I edited-in the previous one "Nomad"
Liking these, although I can't help but be reminded of Green Carnation with their singer and not Paul Kuhr. So be it, love these tunes, the middle eastern parts especially,
7/18/17 11:54AM
New track "Nomad."
Will listen later of course.
6/13/17 12:31PM
Jeez another announcement, lol. Stoked for this one as I love their whole catalog including 2015's The Great Bazaar.
September 1st is the release date.
"Vagabond" by the way, I think of the Kiss Kiss song. Also cool they are signed for a 2-album deal and plan to tour extensively. Maybe North America finally? (Minnesota hopefully if so, like maybe if they open for a bigger/more well known band, etc..Opeth..Katatonia..etc) Also worth noting is I guess this will be the 1st album without Paul Kuhr on vocals, but they have Kjetil Nordhus back (singer from Green Carnation), and Eliran Weitzman along with Tomer Pink to fill the growling need,
Israeli/Norwegian prog-rockers Subterranean Masquerade have signed with the Swedish label ViciSolum Productions (Persefone, Loch Vostok,
a.o.) for a 2-album deal, starting off with the newly finished album
"Vagabond", set for release on September 1st. The band features members
of Orphaned Land and Green Carnation, and is one of the most exciting ethnic-influenced prog-artists to emerge from the underground
layer these days. It's prog-rock, but it's also psychedelic 70'ies
metal. It's "Jesus Christ Superstar" but it's also Israeli folklore and
traditional heavy metal - all wrought through the grinder and delivered
perfectly by a bunch of very talented musicians.
The album was mixed by Christer Andre Cederberg (Anathema, Tristania, etc.) and mastered by Tony Lindgren @ Fascination Street studio, which has secured the final crunchy approach in the sound, so all parameters are met for ultimate quality.
Tomer Pink (guitars) on the signing: We all at Subterranean Masquerade
are very excited to be a part of the Vicisolum family and together with
them bring our music to the world. We can't wait for you to hear our
new album and see you all at our shows.
The band is expected to tour extensively, in support of the album.
1999 seems like a year of transition. A lot of the stuff or artists I came to love a few years down the road were just getting started.
But in looking at it a little more in depth, a couple of things stand out.
There is a lot of depth good-very good (3-3.5 stars) albums. And even the albums better than those are not at a shortage.
There's quite a lot of prog metal, neoprog, and modern progressive rock. I remember 1999 maybe being the peak or at least plateau of the underground progressive metal scene. 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002 I suppose also fit in there to a point. A ton of bands influenced by Dream Theater were coming out, and oddly enough, many of them pretty good, even as short-lived as they were.
Of course it was the year Dream Theater's Scenes from a Memory came out. A comeback of sorts, and an unexpected one for me, as I wasn't even all that clued into that much of their online activity in 1998 and 1999. Those were the days of dialups and going to the library for the internet of course.
And much the same with Marillion. The album came out and was unaware of it for a few weeks, etc.
SFAM was 1999's top disc as it had a ton of staying power for me. I listened to it for months. James LaBrie admittedly sounded maybe better than he ever had, etc.
1. Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt 2: Scenes from a Memory
2, Marillion - marillion.com
3. Mahavishnu Orchestra - The Lost Trident Sessions
4. Spock's Beard - Day for Night
5. Liquid Tension Experiment - Liquid Tension Experiment 2
6. Dream Theater - Christmas CD 1999: Cleaning Out the Closet
7. maudlin of the Well - My Fruit Psychobells... A Seed Combustible
8. Opeth - Still Life
9, Sigur Rós - Ágætis byrjun 10. sElf - Breakfast with Girls
11. uneXpect - Utopia
12. Tiles - Presents of Mind
13. Fish - Raingods with Zippos
14. Porcupine Tree - Stupid Dream
15. Owsley - Owsley
16. Little Hans - Wunderkind
17. Mullmuzzler - Keep it to Yourself
18. 3 - Paint by Number
19. Muse - Showbiz
20, Francesca Gagnon - Au Dela Des Couleurs
21. Live - The Distance to Here
22. Mr. Bungle - California
23. Yes - The Ladder
24. Nexus - Detrás del umbral
25. I Mother Earth - Blue Green Orange
26. The Tea Party - Triptych
27. Xen - 84.000 Dharma Doors
28. Conditioned Response -In Flagranté Delecto
30. Jim Matheos - Away with Words
31. Pepe Deluxé - Super Sound
32. Zero Hour - Zero Hour
33. The Flower Kings - Flower Power: A Journey to the Hidden Corners of Your Mind
34. Evil Wings - Colors of the New World
35. Queensryche - Q2K
1. Giraffe - Giraffe
Afro Celt Sound System - Volume 2: Release
rel January 25, 1999
Dan Swanö - Moontower
rel January 26, 1999
XTC - Apple Venus Volume 1
rel February 17, 1999
Tiles - Presents of Mind
rel February 22, 1999
Jason Falkner - Can You Still Feel?
rel February 23, 1999
Francesca Gagnon - Au Dela Des Couleurs
rel March 2, 1999
Gordian Knot - Gordian Knot
rel March 5, 1999
Kula Shaker - Peasants, Pigs and Astronauts
rel March 8, 1999
Silverchair - Neon Ballroom
rel March 8, 1999
dEUS - The Ideal Crash
rel March 16, 1999
Porcupine Tree - Stupid Dream
rel March 22, 1999
The Olivia Tremor Control - Black Foliage: Animation Music Volume One
rel March 23, 1999
Owsley - Owsley
rel March 23, 1999
Spock's Beard - Day for Night
rel March 23, 1999
Amorphis - Tuonela
rel March 29, 1999
Fountains of Wayne - Utopia Parkway
rel April 6, 1999
Fish - Raingods with Zippos
rel April 19, 1999
Edwin - Another Spin Around the Sun
rel April 27, 1999
Hood - The Cycle of Days and Seasons
rel April 1999
No-Man - ((Speak))
rel April 1999
Steve Hackett - Darktown
rel May 4, 1999
Evergrey - Solitude Dominance Tragedy
rel May 17, 1999
Pepe Deluxé - Super Sound
rel May 1999
Ice Age - The Great Divide
rel June 1, 1999
The Apples in Stereo - Her Wallpaper Reverie
rel June 8, 1999
