There is a whole subset of prog bands (Wolverine, for instance) that started as death metal acts and evolved into progressive rock. Listening to these guys it would be easy to believe that they are an act like that. The truth is, they started more as industrial music. The end result is the same, though. They produce a type of music that is as closely tied to extreme metal as it is to progressive rock like Dream Theater. Whatever the mix, though, these guys are definitely prog and definitely interesting. They really do remind me quite a bit of Wolverine.

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Melodic and growing in a very organic way, this has elements of old school progressive rock merge with modern sounds like shoegaze. There are definitely things about this that make me think of King Crimson. After the two minute mark, though, that section peaks and then the rhythm section takes over from there. The instrumental only aspect fades as dreamy vocals join the mix, bringing a moody modern progressive rock sound to the piece. After this vocal movement they take us out into some killer instrumental territory. There are some great jams built into this that seem to merge modern and old school prog rock in classy ways. We're brought back to the song proper from there. We get some extreme metal vocals as this carries beyond that section.

This comes in with something that's part Dream Theater and part thrash. That drives it for more than half a minute. Then they drop it way down and start a new building process with sounds similar to the first piece. They create familiar territory for the vocal segment, but then take it out into a jam that's very much fusion based from there. The cut continues to grow with more guitar based hard edged prog jamming from there. They take the cut through some shifts and changes before eventually dropping way down to moody modern prog for the next vocals. Again some extreme metal vocals show up, but this time they are more in the backdrop. When it builds upward later we get some screams over the top of a driving modern prog powerhouse jam. They work through and then drop it way down again to go forward. Eventually a more rocking movement emerges for more vocals, this time melodic sung ones. There is a quick instrumental return from earlier to end the piece.