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SOLITARILY SPEAKING OF THEORETICAL CONFINEMENTRon JarzombekTech/Extreme Prog Metal3.86 | 14 ratings |
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In listening to this album, one easily becomes lost in the frantic pace and changes from song to song. The listener without formal music training, and even some with, would have a hard time understanding exactly what idea is behind the music. Fortunately, R.J. is not one to leave his listeners in the dark. As usual he provides in-depth liner notes with complete explanations behind the musical ideas for each track. While this may or may not be enough, one can't help but appreciate the effort. The sound of the album is very consistent with R.J.'s previous works with Spastic Ink and Watchtower. His guitars are heavy with rhythm and chords with broad extensions and very few simple fifth power chords. He rarely if ever uses a pickup other than a humbucker near the bridge. The result is punchy lows with crisp highs and very little midrange warmth. His love affair with seconds, tri-tones and diminished chords is epic.
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