Solterra for Psych (or Possibly Prog Metal?)

From the band's facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/OfficialSolterra:

"Biography:
Formed in the summer of 2011 by drummer Ryan Bannigan and guitarist Tanner Lichty. After recording their 4 song EP at the Nut House Studio in Fort Collins in July 2011, Chris Dreiling joined the band and took up bass duties. The trio began recording their debut album in October 2011 and released the album for free on February 28th 2012. Ryan Sims was added as the newest member of the group in February 2012 as a rhythm guitarist and keyboard player.

Description
Solterra is a four piece band that currently resides in Lakewood and Fort Collins Colorado. The band released their debut album 'Soul, Earth, Sun' on February 28th 2012, and can be downloaded for free here: http://solterra.bandcamp.com/album/soul-earth-sun.

They are currently looking for new show prospects and management.
 
Solterra strives to create fresh and unheard soundscapes in their music by combining instruments into a fusion of progressive instrumental music. The music knows no limits because the band chooses to explore many genres, and weave in and out of many different emotions in their songs. Each song attempts to provide the listener with a unique listening experience.

Artists we also like
Minus the Bear, The Sound of Animals Fighting, RX Bandits, Tool, Rush, Mimosa, Five Day Rhetoric"

Well, it's certainly Instrumental Progressive Rock, and worthy of a place on the site for sure...but where do you put them??  As you suggest, there are some tracks with a psychedelic feel to them, some tracks that have more of a Metal or Heavy Prog edge to them, and there are yet others which are not that far removed from Post-Rock territory. I'm thinking that maybe Eclectic should have a listen to it first, though the variations actually within the individual tracks are not, in general terms, sufficient for the compositions themselves to be considered as Eclectic Prog. There's not enough Psyche overall for them to go in Psyche, not enough Metal for them to go in Prog Metal, and I don't really see it fitting in Crossover either, so basically - I give up!! Good band though, and a free download on bandcamp, so enjoy it everyone! Incidentally, the topic title could do with a slight tweak...the band's name is spelt 'Solterra', rather than 'Soulterra'...It will prevent some possible confusion if you could amend it. Thanks! 

Listened to this yesterday.  Definitely not metal, but I think Heavy Prog could be appropriate.  Even if a lot of their music is not all that heavy, I think enough of it is.
Or Eclectic.

Not to get too much off on a tangent, but what kinds of music do those other bands play (other than the two obvious ones!)?

Very nice stuff. I think the various elements in the music are kind of wrapped in a poppish kind of blanket, so personally I'd say crossover is best for these guys. I'll alert the team.

infocat wrote: Are they under consideration by any of the teams?

koolz