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The atmospheric sections do a great job melodiously articulating a space or a cosmos atmosphere. This track blisters in and out of various chord progression and various time signatures including heavy atmospheric section towards the end of the track. That riff is soon met by a more progressive thrash riff with a lead solo in harmony with the low-fi rhythmic chord progression. This begins with a thick and heavy atmospheric progression before going into a semi low-fi black metal style guitar riff. Nick Shann certainly knows what to do with the compositions of the band as far as recording and mixing. The transition is beautifully and tastefully done. вЂ¦ Of Hangmen & Vertebrae picks right up as Nomads is coming to a close. Like every track on the duration of the album, Nomads bleeds and transitions seamlessly into вЂ¦ Of Hangmen & Vertebrae. It simulates the beginning of a migration towards the cosmos.

The spoken word effects either sound like a newscast or something from ground control in Houston Texas. Nomads begins with a very heavily synthesized effects and a almost spoken word effect laden inside the those synth effects. Throughout the rest of this review I will point out the Extreme highlights, Progressive highlights, Atmospheric highlights, Symphonic, highlightsand Death & Black metal highlights with a track to track analysis.

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On the lyrical side it runs more of a common conceptual theme of science fiction more so than a full conceptual story having a beginning and a end. In many ways on the instrumental side they have. On the surface at first full listen it appears the band have created a concept album. Iapetus are definitely on the front line as front-runners of the next generation of this style and genre of progressive metal music. IapetusвЂ™ The Long Road Home has everyone of those elements present within the general construct of the entire album. Bands like Iapetus out of New York almost guarantee the certainty that Extreme/Progressive/Atmospheric/Symphonic/Death & Black Metal will continue to grow a evolve with great strength as the years continue. After 30+ years of Extreme Metalit appears there is no sign it is going to wane nor vanish anytime soon. The above mentioned bands are basically first generation bands.

It seems like the older I get the more I am embracing more вЂExtremeвЂ™ MetalвЂ™. On the more Death Metal side I continued to collect Opeth, Between The Buried And Me, Grey Skies Fallen, etc вЂ¦ Soon I would discover what has been branded as вЂBeauty & BeastвЂ™ metal where the female soprano is front and center along with the masculine and brutal extreme vocals by the usually the male counterpart with bands such as After Forever, Epica, Tristania, Revamp, etc. I discovered bands like Agalloch, Lamentation Of The Ashen, Summoning on the Black Metal side. However when it came to progressive metal I did not bat an eye until I discovered OpethвЂ™s Still Life album and witnessed just how beautifully they took the extreme metal/death metal element and made another force in metalвЂ™s longevity in rock n roll.ДЇrom that point on my objectivity began to grow and my cynicism began to diminish concerning Extreme/Progressive/Atmospheric/Symphonic/Death & Black Metal. Of course I have been into death metal like DEATH, Obituary, Morbid Angel, Cynic even UKвЂ™s own Ackercocke. If you would of told me 20 years ago I would fully embrace death growls or black metal screams in the confines of progressive metal I would called you a total fool and joke. Progressive Melodic Death Metal is one of those fractured sub genres. I do not know if it is the вЂProg Metal PuristвЂ™ in me or if it is a more open mind but I find the older I get the heavier and more brutal I can accept some forms of metal. Samantha Marie Rae (Nectar) вЂ“ Guest VocalsД¬harles Buonsera вЂ“ Bass Solo on вЂEvisecrate DivineвЂ™Д«en Xenoyr (Ne Obliviscaris) вЂ“ Logo & Album Artwork Nick Shann вЂ“ Guitar Solo & Stringed Arrangememnts on вЂThe Long Road HomeвЂ™ Violin on вЂMy Father, My GodД«enjamin Ian Meyerson (Fin Amor) & Justin Barone (Consonance) вЂ“ Additional Lyrics & Vocal Arrangements Jordan Navarro And Nick Shann вЂ“ Drum Programming/Arrangements Jordan Navarro вЂ“ Guitars/Drum Programming/Keyboards/Additional Sounds Genre: Progressive/Atmospheric/Melodic/Blackened/Death Metal

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