Embodiment

Very proggy, off-kilter metal featuring members of Agalloch and locals Estrasphere. Strange tempos and vocal changing from near black metal to poppy rock styles. Interesting stuff that takes a few spins to get your head around. Similar to mid-period VoiVod, Cynic, King Crimson and a bit of the better side of Faith No More.

((((1)))) King Crimson-like intro then very mixed up bits of metal, Faith No More-styled breakdowns and some indie rock bits near the end then back again.
((((2)))) More proggy tempos with death metal vs. the VoiVod/FNM vocals. Lots of interesting tempos and layers.
(((((3))))) More “schitziod” prog riffing, great drumming, some occasional straight ahead bits, but mostly prog with Death Metal vocals.
(((((4))))) Modern spacey-fusion-prog-Death Metal-avant-rock goodness.
(((5))) Doomy intro, then jumps around into jagged guitar/vocal bits. The structure’s & playing are really ace but the vocals are just ok.