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    Posted: January 21 2012 at 18:58
Hey guys! Andy just added my band's debut album up on PA here: http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7059
Being entirely self-funded and a year in the making, it'd be excellent to get some of your opinions on it. It explores the heaviness of post-black metal bands like Alcest as well as later King Crimson, but isn't afraid to go into lighter territory such as the flamenco section of ...To The Cosmos or the funk of Bertrand Russell.
 
 
The entire album is able to be preordered (on CD or as a digital download) and/or streamed for free in it's entirety on our bandcamp: http://montresor.bandcamp.com
 
I showed both Phideaux from Phideaux and Lars from Wobbler the album and they both enjoyed it, so I hope you guys do too!
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Post-black metal is my speciality! ;-)

Are you offering physical copies for review, or just the bandcamp?

Cheers,
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I do have a few "promo" copies of the album - i.e. the CD printed but in a paper sleeve as opposed to the digipack.

Otherwise I'd use the streaming method on bandcamp, or buy the digipack version if you think you're going to dig it. The reason being that I am in no way making a profit on this; Recording, mastering etc set me back about $4k, and I only made 150 CDs that I'm charging $12AU for...you do the math :P
 
But I'm happy to send you a promo one if you PM me your details.
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A question for you and others in a similar position.
 
Are you happy for reviews to be based on low quality streaming?
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I'm actually very happy with the mix/production so of course it'd be preferable to hear them at a higher quality, but then even the streaming PA songs are uploaded at 128. Should I listen to them and then decide to review the band? I see the point though. If you're genuinely going to make a thorough review and not just a few sentences (which I'm also completely happy with, btw) then let me know and I can make a temporary link for a 320 rip or something.
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Nice to hear another Australian prog band coming through the ranks!

Cheers from Oz!
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^ Yep, Australian Prog is about as easy to find as vegan cannibals
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Originally posted by ExittheLemming ExittheLemming wrote:

^ Yep, Australian Prog is about as easy to find as vegan cannibals


Really?  I just bought three this month.
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Originally posted by infocat infocat wrote:

Originally posted by ExittheLemming ExittheLemming wrote:

^ Yep, Australian Prog is about as easy to find as vegan cannibals


Really?  I just bought three this month.

Agreed, Australian prog is just about everywhere, especially in the Heavy Prog category. Karnivool, Arcane, A Lonely Crowd, Pirate, Breaking Orbit, The Death Cobra, Squat Club, and of course Montresor are just a few HP bands from AU that come off the top of my head. 
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Originally posted by Andy Webb Andy Webb wrote:

Originally posted by infocat infocat wrote:

Originally posted by ExittheLemming ExittheLemming wrote:

^ Yep, Australian Prog is about as easy to find as vegan cannibals


Really?  I just bought three this month.

Agreed, Australian prog is just about everywhere, especially in the Heavy Prog category. Karnivool, Arcane, A Lonely Crowd, Pirate, Breaking Orbit, The Death Cobra, Squat Club, and of course Montresor are just a few HP bands from AU that come off the top of my head. 


I'm genuinely surprised (and pleased) at this. Pity I've never heard of any of these bands though - I need to look a little harder don't I?Embarrassed
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Yeah it's more the fact that if you aren't straight ahead pop or rock and you're from Australia you really have to dig deep to get noticed. So I'm happy bands like Cog and Karnivool get noticed as it means there is a bit of a chance, although I honestly hadn't heard of the rest of those bands. Maybe some tours are in order...
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Check here for many good Australian Progressive Rock.  Or at least the three I know (Anubis, Pirate, sleepmakeswaves):  Bird's Robe Records.

Actually, I suppose I'm just assuming they are all Australian bands.  But I know those three are.

Oh!  And not on BRR, but Tangled Thoughts of Leaving!



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Originally posted by ExittheLemming ExittheLemming wrote:

Originally posted by Andy Webb Andy Webb wrote:

Originally posted by infocat infocat wrote:

Originally posted by ExittheLemming ExittheLemming wrote:

^ Yep, Australian Prog is about as easy to find as vegan cannibals


Really?  I just bought three this month.

Agreed, Australian prog is just about everywhere, especially in the Heavy Prog category. Karnivool, Arcane, A Lonely Crowd, Pirate, Breaking Orbit, The Death Cobra, Squat Club, and of course Montresor are just a few HP bands from AU that come off the top of my head. 


I'm genuinely surprised (and pleased) at this. Pity I've never heard of any of these bands though - I need to look a little harder don't I?Embarrassed

Apparently you do! LOL
Of course if you're not into the whole "modern" heavy prog (more post-punk or post-hardcore or metal based), perhaps these gems are not for you. Tongue
Here's a sampler to get your feet wet:
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Points: 13298 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 27 2012 at 20:11
Originally posted by infocat infocat wrote:

Check here for many good Australian Progressive Rock.  Or at least the three I know (Anubis, Pirate, sleepmakeswaves):  Bird's Robe Records.



Indeed, Bird's Robe is just spectacular. Heavy has a few bands beeing eval'ed from them right now.
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Points: 36 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 06 2012 at 00:53
Just a casual and friendly bump. Thanks Conor for the review, and if anyone else would like to have a listen and look that'd be fantastic. I'm heading off to India for just under a month next week, so trying to get as much promotion as I can to last us through the hiatus.
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My pleasure! :-)
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It would be the ultimate dream for bands such as A LONELY CROWD, PIRATE, BREAKING ORBIT, XENOGRAFT etc to be invited to "tour" internationally, which was suggested in a previous post- unfortunately most are unsigned, self managed and self funded and dont have the overseas contacts to assist with these matters- that being said I'm convinced that any of these bands (and many others) would blow people away at any of the  Prog festivals in Europe, Japan or USA. They aren't just unique- they are also very accomplished and professional.  They only need a foot in the door- so haha whose gonna organise that tour?
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'ello 'ello 'ello!
Just letting you guys know that a digital version of our album is now half price ($6) from our bandcamp! If you're feeling like some more Aussie prog, now's the time to get it!
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Hey Dunwich, just giving it a listen now, pretty decent! Definately detecting that dark Crimson vibe and a bit of early noisy Anekdoten even? Impressed, no doubt!

That sounds like a great deal for the digital download, but I'm a `physical copy' guy, however your price for the physical CD is very affordable too!

Good luck, guys!
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Hey guys, just ordered the CD, thanks for the instant download that comes with the purchase.

I'm not usually a total prog-metal fan, but you won me over from the tracks I listened to on your Bandcamp page which had more of a balance of proggy elements like the Anekdoten/Crimson sound I mentioned above with heavy riffs. Lots of potential here!

Fellow Archivers, head to that Bandcamp page and give them a spin, you might be impressed!

Looking forward to it, fellas, well done!
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