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    Posted: December 20 2011 at 06:27
I've had this Québécois band's debut album, Consonant, for quite a few months now but haven't gotten around to recommending it for the Archives.

They are a Canadian power-trio (never heard of one of those before!) who I'd think would be appropriate for Heavy Prog, or maybe Crossover.

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Genres: Rock / Progressive Rock

ARTIST BIO

The progressive music of Opusculus strives to break free from conventional idioms while incorporating a wealth of influences from rock, jazz, latin, heavy rock, metal and classical.

Music here has no borders and no taboos. Rhythms, scales, grooves, riffs and melodies blend in an intricate and harmonious architectural ensemble.

FOR FANS OF:

RUSH, KING CRIMSON, TOOL, PORCUPINE TREE, PLANET X, LIQUID TENSION EXPERIMENT, GUILT MACHINE, ALAN HOLDSWORTH, SYMPHONY X, CANDIRIA, and MANY MORE!!!".

They don't have much in the way of Youtube videos, but they do have streams of a few tracks on:

Their official website is here:  http://opusculusprog.blogspot.com/

What think you?


Edited by infocat - December 20 2011 at 06:29
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Points: 5531 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 20 2011 at 07:08
yes definetly to heavy prog, sounds good with a jazzy touch here and there
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Points: 22989 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 20 2011 at 17:44
I'll give a listen to the new band suggestions sometime soon... maybe Monday. 
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Points: 13298 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 20 2011 at 18:36
I'll probably beat you to it. I'm busy tonight and all of tomorrow, but Thursday afternoon I'm free, so I'll take a proper listen then.
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Points: 22989 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 20 2011 at 18:53
That would be excellent, I don't have much time available these days. Thumbs Up
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Points: 13298 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 22 2011 at 17:21
Sounds good for HP, I'll drop a note in our thread.
You can also follow our progress of evaluation here: http://progfreak.com/Opusculus-151481.html?path=pa/heavy_prog
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Originally posted by Andyman1125 Andyman1125 wrote:

Sounds good for HP, I'll drop a note in our thread.
You can also follow our progress of evaluation here: http://progfreak.com/Opusculus-151481.html?path=pa/heavy_prog


Great!

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Points: 4671 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 11 2012 at 12:53
Looks like they were cleared over three weeks ago.  When do they get added?  Just wunderin'...
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Points: 13298 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 11 2012 at 13:11
Should be added within a week or so. 
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Points: 4671 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 11 2012 at 21:40
cool, thanks.
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Points: 13298 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 26 2012 at 09:38
Sorry about the wait, but they're on: http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7152 Thumbs Up
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Points: 4671 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 26 2012 at 11:47
Originally posted by Andy Webb Andy Webb wrote:

Sorry about the wait, but they're on: http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7152 Thumbs Up


Great!
You posted the wrong link, though.  http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7151

Also, I'm not sure if the album is a 2011 or 2010 release.  The copyright on the CD says 2011, but their web site talks about it shipping in November 2010.  Their myspace page says it was released on October 26, 2010.  I'm going to see if I can contact them and get the real deal.

Oh, and you spelled the album name incorrectly as well.  Should be Consonant.
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Points: 4671 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 26 2012 at 13:13
Quick response from the guys on their facebook page (http://www.facebook.com/Opusculus?sk=wall):
  "Opusculus First, thanks for adding us to the Prog Archives. The official cd launch was held on the 19th of november 2010. Since it was so close to the end of the year, we decided that it would be appropriate to consider the album as a fresh early release from 2011. Sorry for the confusion."

So looks like 2011 is appropriate.
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Originally posted by infocat infocat wrote:

Originally posted by Andy Webb Andy Webb wrote:

Sorry about the wait, but they're on: http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7152 Thumbs Up


Great!
You posted the wrong link, though.  http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7151

Also, I'm not sure if the album is a 2011 or 2010 release.  The copyright on the CD says 2011, but their web site talks about it shipping in November 2010.  Their myspace page says it was released on October 26, 2010.  I'm going to see if I can contact them and get the real deal.

Oh, and you spelled the album name incorrectly as well.  Should be Consonant.

Heh, sorry about that. It was the other HP band I needed to make a note about. Embarrassed
And my, we're just full of mistakes now. It should be fixed now. 



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Greetings from Montreal!

I just wanted to send you guys a much belated thank you note for including our music on your site. It's always nice to see where Consonant travels, and most important, that it could find interested ears!

Opusculus was on hiatus for a couple of years due to conflicting schedules and life in general. I will spare you the details. But most important, the band is back at it with a record deal, a new album in the making and a 2017 Summer tour with Swedish prog-psychedelic-stoner Montgolfiere. 

You can expect the same mixture of influences, but shorter songs. And we are sticking to the power trio format. 

I will keep in touch with all the details. In the meantime, feel free to contact me with any question. 

Keep up the excellent work, guys! 

TAZ (Opusculus - Bass)
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Cool, Taz.  Thanks for the update!
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