BEYOND BELIEF

Azure Agony, this unknown italian progressive metal band started in 2006 and released their debut in 2010 named Beyond belief. This is an etirely instrumental album and a quite good one from start to finish. The music doesn't differ much from Dream Theater school, with keyboards and guitars running all the time and some fine druming aswell. The music is from up tempo to slow, but always Azure Agony done a good job, they shifting from mellow parts to up tempo with an amazing ease, always capture the attention of the listner. I don't find at all the pieces and song writting uninspired as many pretend to be, maybe originality lacks, but the musicianship and ideas overall are quite strong. Pieces like Mystic Interiors , Ante Tentora, ets showing potential in the band ability to craft some strong tunes. From me 3.5 stars for sure, I find it enjoyble from start to finish, I must add that is diffrent from their second offer who has vocals. Keyboard driven prog metal with a good doze of guitar works, from prog metal fans.