Category: Experimental

Gourmand- Blossoming From The Grave

  You want a dynamic progressive death metal band? Gourmand brings that, and much more on their second album “Blossoming From The Grave”.  Drawing heavy influence from more than extreme music, they blend in folk and classical influences periodically throughout the album.  Luke is the band’s vocalist who […]

Gourmand August 2018 Interview

Gourmand is releasing their sophomore album “Blossoming From The Grave” today and discussed the history of the band and the upcoming album with their vocalist and cello player Luke. https://gourmandofficial.bandcamp.com/album/blossoming-from-the-grave  https://www.facebook.com/gourmandofficial/ https://gourmandofficial.bandcamp.com/releases https://gourmandband.bigcartel.com/the-band https://open.spotify.com/artist/2A6FtyNSDCzQff59W8JsFF#_=_ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRRCBPYJYCVK9QeeUf_lM5Q TMR: How is Blossoming From The Grave different than your debut album?  With […]

Quasi Stellar Radio Source- I

Quasi-Stellar Radio Source released their debut EP “I” in May.  The band is a Cinematic Progressive Rock band with layered songs.  The Italians seem to focus on layering songs, transitions, mood and melody.  Don’t expect blast beats, growls and crazy speed surpassing 200 BPM.  QSRS is an atmospheric […]

Between The Buried And Me- Automata 2

North Carolina’s premier prog band released the second part of the “Automata” series recently and like Auotmata 1 took a long time to sink in…..why? Well, for starters the second release was melodic like part one but a lot more experimental! The band incorporated more jazz elements and even some […]

Aethereus June 2018 Interview

Aethereus is releasing their first full length “Absentia” on August 10th through The Artisan Era. I chatted with the guys about music, and shit. Ya know….stuff. TMR: What was it like working with Luis Martinez?   Ben: I met Luis after The Zenith Passage played in Seattle. He […]

Dischordia- Binge/Purge

  Technical/Prog Dissonant Death Metal Experimentalists Dischordia (holy fuck that’s a mouthful of sub genres!) have released an absolute beast of a 2 song 24 minute EP that kicks serious ass.  It’s a technical and chaotic frenzy that perfectly sums up their short existence and most definitely their […]

Brett Garsed….insanely fun fusion.

  This man is mind blowing, to say the least.  Brett Garsed is in Australian jazz fusion guitarist who continues to wow people with his phenomenal technique and clarity in his playing……initially, that’s what impressed me.  He isn’t using much gain, and doesn’t miss a note or mutes […]