Genus Hydra, Alt/Prog/Heavy Rock from Greece

First off, welcome to the forum.  I see it's been a while since you posted this.  Hopefully you're still around to see a response.

I liked your band's logo right away at the top of the bandcamp page.

I'm listening to "Travel" right now and like what I'm hearing a lot.  That doesn't happen too often, so thank you!   I'm hearing influences both from my metal and prog listening library, including Black Sabbath, Dream Theater, Iron Maiden, and actually even a bit of David Bowie.  But it doesn't sound as if you've copied any of their styles.  The song held my attention to the end and I will happily listen to it again.

"Shadow's Illusions" starts out great.  Nothing super flashy but just keeps moving, staying interesting.  Then when it changes drastically as the voice comes in - excellent musical choice.  Here you suddenly remind me forecefully of Iron Maiden in particular.  The style of singing is certainly part of that.  The changes continue throughout the song and you play through the changes so naturally - they don't sound forced in any way.  So... awesome!  I would buy an album of this.

The one criticism I have is that the sound was a bit muffled - I think it's the crunch guitar causing it, the mix may need some adjustment.  I do realize this is a demo, so it may be moot.

Just went back for another listen - talented drumwork.  Everything's good but the drummer is  holding the transitions together and adding an extra layer of interest that is missing in most music.  I hope some of the other folks on here give a listen!

No problem - that's a good portion of why I come on here, I'm interested in hearing new music.  I get frustrated with people who don't take the time to really listen to a piece of music.  I know far too many people who listen to the first few seconds of a song, then hit skip.  Talk about a short attention span!  I feel that you don't know a song at all unless you've heard the whole thing.

I do make my own music, but it's not a band.  Some other musicians have definitely contributed, but in a studio setting, not together as a group.  And it's also not prog!  Certainly it's influenced by prog rock since I love it.

I poked around looking for something new to put up on SoundCloud for you to hear - I didn't have much up there.  The "new" track (new mix anyway) is at the top. https://soundcloud.com/jamie-kern-5/tracks

Totally different kettle of fish, and doesn't belong as its own "unsigned band" on here because it doesn't really fall under the prog category.