FIRMAMENT

Spanish band FIRMAM3NT was formed back in 2013, consisting of seasoned musicians with a desire to create music in a more expressive vein. "Firmament" is their debut album, and was released through Nooirax Producciones in 2016.

I found this album to be a solid production through and through, always with enough going on to maintain nerve and tension, while rarely if ever instigating changes and alterations at a pace that makes a chaotic impression. If this comes down to meticulous planning or merely a band with a well developed skill for improvisations is probably an open question, but the end result is an intriguing one anyhow. An album well worth a check by those with a taste for dark, expressive progressive metal of the post metal variety.