EXIVIOUS — Exivious (review)

EXIVIOUS — Exivious album cover Album · 2009 · Progressive Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
4/5 ·
UMUR
"Exivious" is the debut full-length studio album by Dutch progressive jazz/fusion metal act Exivious. The album, which is limited to 1000 hand-numbered copies, was self-released in May 2009. Each copy features a unique mini-poster.

Exivious are probably best known for featuring former Cynic members Tymon Kruidenier and Robin Zielhorst, but the band go back as far as 1997 and have released three demos before the release of this debut album. They started out as, what I would characterize, a Cynic clone, but soon dropped the growling vocals and became a fully instrumental unit.

While the music features metal elements like double bass drums and some relatively hard edged power chord riffing, the music style is at it´s core jazz/fusion based. To my ears this is jazz/fusion first and progressive metal second. The musicianship is outstanding on the album and even though this is a self-released album, the band have managed to produce an album with a good professional sound quality. The tracks are complex, featuring multible sections and changes in dynamics, a fusion based rythm section and some really well played guitar solos and themes.

"Exivious" is actually quite the impressive release by the Dutch, and if you enjoy jazz/fusion with a metal edge, this is definitely a recommendable purchase. A 4 star (80%) rating is warranted.
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UMUR wrote:
more than 2 years ago
Yeah it´s not an easy album to get through. I´ve just seen them live though and that experience helped me to grasp the album a little better.
Diogenes wrote:
more than 2 years ago
This album blew my mind when I first heard it. It's a little tough to digest, but there are some serious chops here.

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