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The
Greek progressive metal scene is growing
and we have signs that is growing
in a healthy and steady way. There
are a lot of capable bands, like the
magnificent Horizon's End, Wastefall,
Fragile Vastness and Equal Vector.
Art of Simplicity is a young band
that was created during the summer
of 2003 and comes to join forces with
these powers. After two years, which
were spend on rehearsals and live
appearances, the band manages to release
its debut demo. Four impressive songs
of progressive metal constitute "Asymmetric",
one of which is instrumental. Their
songs step on the lyrical side of
progressive metal and more specific
it's close to Fates Warning,
Soul Cages and Sieges Even ("A
State of Change" era). The violin
that they extensively use brings forth
reminisces of a prepotent band of
the seventies, It's A Beautiful
Day. In fact the use of violin might
be their distinctive mark and will
open them more gates to uniqueness.
Their performance is high and the
final result is amazing, if we consider
that this is their first effort.
The Athenian band
lives with the absence of a permanent
singer. However, George Ikosipentakis
from Fragile Vastness has covered
temporarily this gap and offers to
this demo a brilliant performance
that sets high standards for the fixed
singer that the bands seeks. The main
drawback of "Asymmetric"
is that at some point the songs (and
specifically "In Search of Numb")
are very "loose" and the
interest decreases. But on the other
hand, we have very good tunes, like
the opening –instrumental- track
"Asymmetric Act" and the
powerful "nOThinG". The
production, which was done in Fragile
Studios (it appears that Fragile Vastness
are sort of their mentors), is very
good, especially for the Greek standards.
It allows us to listen clearly to
all the beautiful harmonies of this
young quintet.
I think that the
band has the potential to find the
desired contract and release something
more complete. Their demo is distributed
from their own address for 4 Euros.
You should first contact the band
at info@theartofsimplicity.com
for more details. I recommend it to
all those who search for new and worthy
bands.
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