15 Mar 2013

Highly Technical and Complex Metal

 
Catharsis - Pathways to Wholeness


The Band: Catharsis.

Scott Fox – Vocals/Piano/Keyboard/Guitars.
Pete Cleary – Bass.
Mike Nielsen – Drums.
 

The band formed in San Diego, California in 1992. They released a single demo, and a debut album, before splitting up. The band plays very technical and progressive power metal, with long songs and interesting compositions.

The Release: Pathways to Wholeness.

The bands only album is a very interesting slap of very progressive metal, with complex time signatures and some very technical instrumental parts. The songs are long, and this might be the only album that seems to make time go slower in a positive way. I don’t know how else to say it. It really has to be heard.

Pathways to Wholeness was only released on an obscure little label from Denmark, called Nordic Metal. It has never been re-released, but maybe it’s time…

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I think everyone will have their own opinion about this album, so hear is a good example of the bands signature sound:


/FMG

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