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INNER DISLOCATION

New Horizons

 

Progressive Metal

3.33 | 16 ratings

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3 stars New Horizons is an Italian prog metal band that released its debut album 'Inner Dislocation' in February of 2018 through Revalve Records and the music is fairly reminiscent of some major contemporary acts of the genre like Dream Theater, Symphony X, Haken and Headspace, which are certainly among the influences here. The band's debut album is a promising and expansive release that follows a relatively familiar path of composing prog metal in the 21st century - there is some great attention towards the riff and the build-up of the compositions as well as a fine prevalence of melodic choruses.

The album features both shorter and longer songs as well as a few instrumental sprinkled across but what seems to be the finest moment on here is the delightful interplay between the guitars and the keyboards. This album is also one of the rare cases of LPs having a very strong second part and a more forgettable first half, with tracks like 'Inhuman Wrath' and the two-part suite 'Borderland' leaving a pleasant impression. But what the album lacks in terms of originality, it compensates with technicality and feel; as passionate as the music can get on 'Inner Dislocation', one could not forgive its predictable nature. However, this is a promising first introduction to this band and with some refinement in the songwriting department, they could achieve really fine results.

A Crimson Mellotron | 3/5 |

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