Saturday, October 04, 2014
Artist : Methodica
Country : Italy
Release : Searching For Reflections
Year : 2009
Genre : Heavy Metal
File Type : mp3 VBR
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If you put together a band with the intention of producing gripping, intense progressive/neo metal, then one word I doubt you would use to describe it is methodical, so whoever though that it was a good idea for this Italian five piece to call themselves Methodica needs to stand in the corner and hang their head in shame. So with that out of the way, what of the music that this debut album, which was originally released in Italy back in 2009, before being given a wider distribution by Underground Symphony? Well I'm pleased to say that there certainly is "method" to 'Searching For Reflections', but to describe it as "straight forward, careful and ordered", would be to do the soaring keyboards, stinging guitars and passionate vocals on this album a complete disservice. I'm not going to suggest that Methodica reinvent the prog metal wheel here, but their full on delivery and undoubted ability to write big, brash, memorable songs with complex themes and skilled musicianship means that this blend of Arena like neo-prog and more straight forward progressive metal is never dull.
