MINDWORK

Tech/Extreme Prog Metal • Czech Republic

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Based in Prague in the Czech Republic, MINDWORK came to fruition in February of 2007. Originally a quartet but currently a three man project, this act plays an interesting blend of progressive metal with enough disparate influences to garner a unique approach to songcraft. Shades of OPETH and later era DEATH mingle with technical thrash along with numerous forays into mellow and jazzy progressive rock to provide ever-evolving soundscapes in their repertoire. Vocally, there's no shortage of diversity as well, ranging from soothing croons to harsh shouts reminiscent of SEPULTURA. Their peculiar style was first put on display with the release of 2009's "Into The Swirl", and with their 2012 release, "Eterea", even more progressive fusion elements and excursions into non-metal territory permeated their sound. The current roster includes Martin SCHUSTER on guitar and vocals, Adam PALMA on bass and Filip KITTNAR on drums.

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Into The Swirl
2009

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Eterea
2012

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Cortex
2021

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Cortex
Mindwork Tech/Extreme Prog Metal

Review by DamoXt7942
Forum & Site Admin Group Avant/Cross/Neo/Post Teams

— First review of this album —

Oh a fantastic moment has passed without any breath. Obviously with getting inspired by Opeth, Death or Tech / Extreme pioneers, a Czech unit MINDWORK have launched their metallic appearance in a deep, heavy manner. They've announced their latest ep "Cortex" would be released in January 2021. We have got their pre-release kit provided by Martin (thanks Martin!) and I wish this ep would be another sunrise in the next brilliant year. Guess every single artist suffer from coronavirus pandemic and cannot work enough for gigging nor recording, but MINDWORK should try to blow such a depressive atmosphere away in this stuff. They would squeeze all of their energetic, magnificent music power into this 17 minute long album, a bit short though.

There is complicated essence blended with darkness and delight. The first short opening "Beyond The Cortex" shows the surface of their inner mind. Quiet but anxious texture hits our heart. "Depersonalized" would be one of their sincere opinions for the current problematic situation all over the world. This is my favourite one, filled with gloomy but sincerely beautiful sound texture like one of authentic grunge combos Alice In Chains. "Last Lie Told" shoots harder, tougher attacks to the audience. The last distorted repetitive movements to encourage everyone are quite impressive. On the other hand, the last "Grinding The Edges" is pretty straightforward, maybe featuring expectation of upcoming bright, fantastic seasons. Yes for wonderful scenery, we must hold 'our cortex' out against such a terrible enemy ... they might say.

Thanks to Rune2000 for the artist addition.