Threshold – For The Journey

Progressive metal often conjures up images of the grandiose, highly technical and often very much exhibitist behaviour. With sprawling solo’s and mind bending time signatures that are often thrown in just for the sake of it. A genre that is easily over saturated and behind its miasma of technicality can be essentially self indulgent and boring.

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Slipknot Release Another New Track

It seems to be that Slipknot are releasing individual tracks from their upcoming album .5: The Gray Chapter. Sure to be one of the most talked about albums in the metal world this year. After having their first record without Paul Gray and Joey Jordison, not to mention their abscence from writing for six years. Streaming a bands new album is nothing revolutionary but a band of Slipknot’s magnitude are creating a great marketing strategy. Making each “maggot” check out a different song a day embed’s .5: The Gray Chapter in people’s minds, it also gives you a good chance to appreciate each song on the album in their own time rather than rush through a hashed listen.

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