Board Of Metal

Genre: Instrumental Progressive Metal

Tracklist:

01. Synaptic Plasticity
02. Laser Lobotomy
03. Brain Fingerprinting
04. Oscillation Cycles
05. Activation Synthesis Theory
06. REM
07. Night Terror
08. Bleeding In The Brain
09. Vegetation
10. Narcolepsy
11. EEG Tracings
12. Sleep Deprivation
13. The Insomniac
14. Amnesia
15. Adenosine Breakdown
16. Adenosine Buildup

Spielzeit: 57:12


Ron Jarzombek is an extraordinary guitar talent who has been tearing it up on the heavier side of the progressive scene for awhile, and this project with bassist Alex Webster and drummer Charlie Zeleny is just one more feather in an increasingly impressive hat. The music is complex enough to appease tech-heads everywhere but is also quite definitely metal with a capital M, as evidenced by the chunks of cast iron that spew from the trios album The Machinations of Dimentia.

The music reveals what is possible in prog metal at its most genuine and is laced with many side-trips and modular explorations, mechanical sounds, space, and fusion as heard on the first cut Synaptic Plasticity. Brain Fingerprinting goes deeper, getting into unexpected polymeters and little electronic details, Jarzombeks guitar switching from monstrous to gentle at any given moment, showing us the sh*t with a laser touch and why hes a talent to be reckoned with. More majestic mayhem on Oscillation Cycles, and the head-splitting Activation Synthesis Theory at eight minutes is an easy contender for Best ProgMetal Shred award. Night Terror has hints of Satriani, Bleeding in the Brain does its very best thrash impression, Vegetation calms the stomach as does Narcolepsy, a beautiful flight through a night sky. The preoccupation with slumber continues on The Insomniac with furious playing and echoes of Luke Jaegers work on the Sleep Terror project, and Amnesia is more a mental breakdown than music. The record ends with the awesome Adenosine Breakdown/Buildup featuring distinctive Jarzombek guitar stylings.

Not to be taken while trying to remain sane or calm, Blotted Science will surely rip you a new one and must be heard by anyone interested in the madness of precision. (Quelle: progarchives.com)

Persoenlicher Nachtrag:
Eine Instrumental-Supergroup, die ihrem Titel auch gerecht wird. Ron Jarzombek (Spastic Ink, Watchtower, Gordian Knot), Alex Webster (Cannibal Corpse, Hate Eternal) und das Drumtier von Behold...The Arctopus, Charlie Zeleny, sollten jedem Frickelfan das Wasser im Munde zusammen laufen lassen. Ein Killeralbum, dass hoffentlich die Beachtung bekommt, die es verdient. Was man leider von einigen Alben des Gitarrengotts Jarzombek nicht sagen kann.

Meine Wertung: 9.0/10

Hoerbeispiele: http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fus...=197477673

absolut gutes zeug. bisschen eingaengig progressiv, aber auch 9/10 fuer mich 

Ich hab meine CD sogar persoenlich vom Meister zugeschickt bekommen

klingt recht interessant, aber ist nicht ganz fuer mich

Hab ich gestern beim PC zusammenbauen mit Kumpel gehoert, das war ganz schoen ablenkend, man hoert aber ziemlich genau raus, wo jarzombek vorher gespielt hat (Spastic Inc.), das klingt schon durch. Geht aber gut ab!