DEADWING

First of all I have to say that PT is not a prog band in the way of copying seventies bands. If King Crimson or Yes (etc) would have been copycats of the beatles (for instance) no one would remember them now. So, to me, PT is a trully progressive band in the true meaning of the word, that is an ahead-looking band, they developed a trully own sound and are proyecting it into the new millenium. Pt is not afraid of sounding pop or rock or psych....they just CREATE and thats really a difference to other bands that look back in time before making their music, bands deeply on the cliche of sounding like Genesis to be respected these days. Well....here we have the new PT album (sorry i couldnt wait and just downloaded it, but Im really gonna buy it) and its a really good album, but not a masterpice (In Absentia Size).

It features all the elements that make PT as great as it is. On tracks like "Glass arm shattering" and "The start of something beautiful" we hear the band delivering a dosis of classic PT sound. The beautiful (smart)pop rock ballad "Lazarus" and the PT style metallick rock of "Shallow" keep on maintaining the search of a sound that will get some new rocker fans to the bands, great tracks anyway.

The epic "Arriving..." (longest song and longest title) mixes in a good way the more classic "prog" sound of the band with the new metal influences. I disagree with the one who said that the heavy riff on this song is like new metal(korn, deftones,etc)...I think its more like modern metal, with a weird and complex structure.

"Halo" is the difficult track here..... more dense and the chorus is hard to get into, but with sucessive listens I got the bands intention on this one.... and I liked it .

Deadwing is an excelent album that suffers from being the In Absentia follow up. Recomended to anyone who likes excelent music.