A big thanks and thumbs up to Rob (@vinyl_ragazzo) for putting me onto this one. This is one hell of an album, full of twists and turns, dynamic ups and downs, and most of all, killer guitar and melody.
The technical prog metal genre is a packed playing field, that often has overly way too much technique and lacking in the melody department. This record is not one of those. Temic are a cool band that I don’t know too much about, other than Eric Gillette who is a great guitar player. And, if you are familiar with Neal Morse, then you will know all about Eric. I’m now a fan of Frederick Bergersen whose vocals are a joy to the ears. My only gripe with the whole package is the dreaded etched side, even though this one is visible with a black etching.
Favourite tune? Well, that’s a difficult one as this is a killer record. But, for today I will go with Count Your Losses. It has huge, low down, fat riifage and heavy grooves to match with added beauty and melody through Frederick’s vocals and atmospheric keys. Skeletons also blows my mind just as much as Acts of Violence does with its ripping solo.
I hope this isn’t a one off because they create such great music together and it has been in heavy rotation upon its arrival. A definite must have.
9.5/10 from The Grooveman.
