UTOPIA

Israeli band DISTORTED HARMONY was formed back in 2009 by composer and keyboardist Yoav Efron when he started working with drummer Yogev Gabay, the remaining members of the band joining the ranks between then and 2011. "Utopia" is their debut album, initially released as a free digital album in the spring of 2012, then later self-released on CD.

Classic Dream Theater style progressive metal with a fair bit of diversity thrown in for good measure is what Distorted Harmony provides on their debut album "Utopia", up to and including a fair few gentler passages that in style and tone gives me a strong association towards Sylvan, especially in the vocal passages and perhaps mostly due to the superb lead vocals of Misha Soukhinin. A solid debut album by a talented and very promising band, well worth checking out by fans of Dream Theater school progressive metal, and in particular those amongst them who also know and love bands like Sylvan, obviously.