Genre: Prog metal
Places I remember: Virgin Megastore (Dubai)
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Valley of Smoke
Gear costume: Past Tense
Active compensatory factors: I went through a prog metal phase while living in the UAE. Amazingly, there were a lot of prog metal CDs available in the Virgin Megastore (Dubai Mall) and Kings Recording in Abu Dhabi.
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: Valley of Smoke
Gear costume: Past Tense
Active compensatory factors: I went through a prog metal phase while living in the UAE. Amazingly, there were a lot of prog metal CDs available in the Virgin Megastore (Dubai Mall) and Kings Recording in Abu Dhabi.
Intronaut is a band from LA. That's important because they are not a dark metal band - there is a degree of Californian sunshine filtering through on occasion. Valley of Smoke, their third album, was one I bought and enjoyed in the Tiida on my way to work in Al Foah.
First track Elegy is a heavy introduction. The growly vocal style was popular for a while, thankfully they don't use this style of 'singing' too much on Valley of Smoke.
The sticker on the CD says - For fans of Mastodon and Baroness. To my ears they are much closer to Baroness and Isis than Mastodon. I prefer it when they adopt a more fluid, prog style that incorporates some jazzy moves - as in the two selections above.
Where do they all belong? I haven't seen any other Intronaut CDs around, not that I've been looking. One is enough for me, I think.
Where do they all belong? I haven't seen any other Intronaut CDs around, not that I've been looking. One is enough for me, I think.
