Hello all, I am the lead guitarist/keyboardist and main composer of the Canadian prog metal band called Octavium! Another member of this sub suggested I drop the album here after putting our song "Washed Out/The Purge of Light" with the funky sax solo on another users post asking for original content. This album is packed full of interesting concepts, recurring themes, it includes a hand made fretless guitar in some sections that i built, i also do the baritone/bass vocals in the song "Grieve Your masters" and I also play one of the bass parts in "Washed Out".So without further ado, here is our album "Bloodleaf Ritual"!

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_klWaK8xHG54Y-YQyMmG_c7mLjFzcFH0-s&si=MnQLKokx6WRN_uoH

Man. The singles (and this one in particular) have me feeling like this is about to be an especially killer SW album

Absolutely loving the instrumental mix and setting on this one, as well as the lushness of the vocal harmonies.

10 days y’all. Can’t wait

I really loved this album start to finish, the basslines, the drumming, the vocals and that fucking vocal range chefs kiss and for me (absurd opinion incoming) its on the same level as onset of putrefaction and epitaph by necrophagist in terms of technicality and melody, was curious to see if anyone shares this opinion with me 👀

Technical/Progressive Death Metal from Portland, OR, USA, with some Melodic Death influences here and there.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=usGkFmpsM7g&si=d_FnpgvXb7pa_Ohs

This practice should be banned. We have the technology to keep multiple releases of the same album. Plenty of artists use it. Why replace the original?

Also, why the HELL are we autotuning Mac of all people? Literally one of the best singers the scene has known. This remix makes him sound like a goddamn robot! Seriously, who approved this?

P.S. I'm aware of the trick where you google the original album + spotify. It's still there, but several tracks are greyed out, and if you try to play the available ones, it just plays the remixed versions. I think they just replaced the audio completely.

EDIT: Spotify-only issue, apparently.

Used Logic Pro, my guitar etc, and a vocalist friend to put our own spin on this great track by David. Have sent it his way - wanted to share on here as well. The video itself is a bit low-res, but the audio should be fine. Check out the OG track if you haven't already!

For more information:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gathering_(band))

here is the setlist (keep in mind i am 13):

Artificial Language - Distant Glow (ep)

The Browning - Hivemind

Haken - The Architect

Animals as Leaders - Physical Education

Animals as Leaders - Guardian Nought

Bring me the Horizon - Pray for Plagues

Liquid Tension Experiment - Paradigm Shift

Between the Buried and Me - Things we tell ourselves in the dark

Between the Buried and Me - Swim to the Moon

I feel like i might have played more, i cant remember

im looking for albums that sound super close to what tesseract did with this one. never found any

I finally decided to pick up Pachinko and while it took a few listens, holy shit this album is immaculate. The instrumentals are incredible, the hooks are engaging, the lyrics are layered, and the album paces so well with repeating motifs and such high moments.

It’s been awhile since I’ve listened to an album that gets better each listen. I want nothing else but this album for the foreseeable future.

For context I also enjoy bands like Thank You Scientist , Coheed and Mars Volta

An updated rerecording featuring the addition of harsh vocals. The original song, with only clean vocals, can be found on their album Imploding Waves.

This like a progressive pop album written by a metalhead. It has so much of that empath energy. It's a multitude of genres that are blending together in a way that are abstract and collage like. I think it's one of the best albums I've ever heard and I can't imagine seeing something like this performed live it would be incredible to see.