Beardfish - "The Void" CD + Shirt

Artist:	Beardfish
Title:	"The Void" CD + Shirt
Format:	CD + T-Shirt
Label:	Inside Out
Released:	8/28/2012
Genre:	Progressive Rock
Packaging Group:	Grp 3
Price:	$20.00

temporarily out of stock

Launched in 2001, this Swedish quartet has consistently delivered quality music built for fans of '70s prog rock. And while the comparisons to legends of the genre such as King Crimson, Yes and Genesis can only be viewed as a positive thing, it's also fair to call them a cop-out for people that have only scratched the surface of Beardfish’s brand of music. The simple fact is that the deeper one goes into 'The Void,' the more you'll realize the band has an identity all its own. For all the trademark Beardfish-isms – the jazz-flavoured piano-led "Seventeen
Again, the dynamic epic "Note"(clocking in at almost 16 minutes), or luscious blues-based
"Where The Lights Are Low" – 'The Void' also offers up a brazen metal-influenced edge. By no means is this the first time the band has cranked up the distortion and the attitude on an album, but as songwriter Rikard Sjöblom tells it, Beardfish did hit a metal comfort zone on certain parts of the new record. "All four of us really like metal, so it’s something that has been cooking for quite some time. We wanted to make a couple of songs that are slightly heavier." Get ready for one of the prog highlights of 2012! (2012)