Dangerdog Music Reviews :: © 1999 - 2023 Craig S Hartranft :: All Rights Reserved
No part of this this website, including design and music reviews,
may be reproduced in any form or by any means without
the prior written permission of the publisher.
- New Music Reviews
- |
- Archives
- |
- News
- |
- Submissions
- |
- About
- |
- |
New Music Reviews, Hard Rock, Heavy Metal, Progressive Rock, Progressive Metal, AOR, Alternative Rock, Alternative Metal
Recent Reviews
March 2023
- Excalion: Once Upon A Time
- RPWL: Crime Scene
- Transworld Identity: Seven Worlds
- Stormwarning: Stormwarning
- Phantom Elite: Blue Blood
- Narnia: Ghost Town
- Redemption: I Am The Storm
- Cross Country Driver: The New Truth
- The Banishment: Machine And Bone
- Seventh Crystal: Wonderland
- Demons Down: I Stand
February 2023
- Air Raid: Fatal Encounter
- Robin McAuley: Alive
- Creye: III - Weightless
- All My Shadows: Eerie Monsters
- First Signal: Face Your Fears
- Gabrielle de Val: Kiss In A Dragon Night
- We Came From Space: Overlords
- T3nors: Naked Soul
- Wig Wam: Out Of The Dark
- Khymera: Hold Your Ground
- Infinite & Divine: Ascendancy
- eMolecule: The Architect
January 2023
- Girish & The Chronicles: Back On Earth (Reissue)
- Arctic Rain: Unity
- Electric Mob: 2 Make U Cry & Dance
- Crowne: Operation Phoenix
- Ronnie Romero: Raised On Heavy Radio
- Ten: Something Wicked This Way Comes
- Riverside: ID.Entity
- Issa: Lights Of Japan
- Heroes And Monsters: Heroes And Monsters
- Big City: Sunwind Sails
December 2022
- NY Fury: I Want It All
- Tommy DeCarlo: Dancing In The Moonlight
- Tarmat: Out Of The Blue
- Scream Maker: Bloodking
- Sabu: Banshee
- Rob Moratti: Epical
- Nevena: Nevena
- Landfall: Elevate
- After Lapse: Face The Storm
Exivious: Exivious
Exivious: Exivious
Fusion/Progressive Metal
Rating: 4.0/5.0
Independent/Self-Promotion
www.exivious.net
www.myspace.com/exivious
Review: Ethan Hartranft
Added: 06.07.2009
Jazz fusion has always been a very foreign concept to me. I was never particularly interested in it until Exivious landed in front of me. Exivious contains members of Dutch band Textures and highly respected American progressive metal band, Cynic. However, while Cynic was a very death metal centric band, Exivious fully embraces the jazz fusion style. This is Exivious first, self-titled, album.
Exivious does an excellent job of combining the jazz and the metal elements of their music. Songs such as 'Ripple of a Tear' and 'The Path' feel very akin to early free-form jazz while 'Time and It's Changes' and 'Embrace the Unknown' are heavier and more metal than other tracks. The bass work in this album deserves special mention. Robin Zielhort knows how to craft a bass riff and assemble a bass line. Tymon's lead guitar is also extremely good, waxing and waning with the music. Other standouts include: 'Asurim' contains interesting guitar effects, 'All That Surrounds Parts 1&2' are soothing and beautiful, and 'Waves of Thought' begins slowly and moves into a satisfying crescendo. Overall, the album is constantly building upon itself, reaching bigger and better things.
Here's the bottom line: if you've never listened to jazz/metal fusion before, Exivious is a great place to start. However, if you don't like it, you most likely won't find anything to convince you otherwise. I found something I like in a place I never thought I would and I strongly encourage a listen.
In Short
Here's the bottom line: if you've never listened to jazz/metal fusion before, Exivious is a great place to start. However, if you don't like it, you most likely won't find anything to convince you otherwise. I found something I like in a place I never thought I would and I strongly encourage a listen.
Find A Review
Alphabetical Index
Album of the Week
Formed 23 years ago, Finland's Excalion has had a turbulent musical career. Before releasing a trio of albums between 2005 and 2010, they had personnel changes. Currently, only the drummer and keyboard ... [ Read More ]