Came across this band from Los Angeles as I was searching on Spotify for "Dividing Horizons" mentioned in "The Forgotten Heroes of Prog Metal Thread"...no luck btw...but this cool album cover showed up instead.
Gave it a whirl and it's really good stuff. Not at all technical, but heavy with solid clean vocals and great songs.
Socionic - Dividing Horizon (2015)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51J1b1UtNtw
I read more about them and there a was mention of similarities to the band Tool. I know of Tool but have never listened to them so I can't confirm.
p.s. If this is similar to Tool maybe I'll like them also. Any recommendations where to start?
Socionic - Dividing Horizon (2015)
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Re: Socionic - Dividing Horizon (2015)
I have no experience with Tool other than cursory listens, so I'm not sure how similar this is but I do like what I heard.
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There's some Tool influence with these guys (which can be said for a lot of bands), but they don't really sound like Tool to me. It is a really good album. Was in my top 10-15 or whatever a few years ago.
For Tool, Lateralus is a masterpiece. Their other albums all have some incredible tracks (46&2 and Vicarious immediately come to mind) and some meh stuff, but Lateralus is top-to-bottom one of the best prog albums ever written.
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Thanks for the tip I will check out Lateralus.devomeister wrote:For Tool, Lateralus is a masterpiece.
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I’ve tried with Tool so many times and I just can’t get on board with them ... I love a lot of the bands that are inspired by them but I hear nothing in Tool that I personally like. I don’t know what’s causing it. Heck, I just listened to Lateralus and all the while it was playing I was thinking about when it would end, loldevomeister wrote: For Tool, Lateralus is a masterpiece. Their other albums all have some incredible tracks (46&2 and Vicarious immediately come to mind) and some meh stuff, but Lateralus is top-to-bottom one of the best prog albums ever written.
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Re: Socionic - Dividing Horizon (2015)
Agree with this. Sadly, Maynard is a rapey creep, which dents my enjoyment of the good stuff they've done pretty seriously.devomeister wrote:There's some Tool influence with these guys (which can be said for a lot of bands), but they don't really sound like Tool to me. It is a really good album. Was in my top 10-15 or whatever a few years ago.
For Tool, Lateralus is a masterpiece. Their other albums all have some incredible tracks (46&2 and Vicarious immediately come to mind) and some meh stuff, but Lateralus is top-to-bottom one of the best prog albums ever written.