PROGRESSIVE METAL

Dom Lawson buckles up for a delve into the darker, heavier side.

There are moments on Cydemind’s debut album The Descent (cydemind.com) when the Canadians sound like a tech-metal Tull. This, incidentally, is a brilliant idea. Entirely instrumental and dominated by the fizzing histrionics of violinist Olivier Allard, epic opener Obsessions and the 14-minute Hemlock have a liberated, fusion jam-like quality, while also demonstrating the ruthless precision of their virtuoso creators. With more than a passing resemblance to Between The Buried And Me at their most melodic, Parius are upfront about their intentions on The Signal Heard Throughout Space (Willowtip). Leaving no genre untouched and revelling in the contrast between The Signal’s graceful mood-shifts, the brutal pop-metal of Contact! and the unhinged extremes of centrepiece The Acid Lakes Of Ganymede, they have mad ideas and great tunes galore. Kyle McNeill is best…

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