Symbyosis - well worth checking out

Doctor J · 11-11-2004 4:53pm #1

http://www.symbyosis.com/

these guys are putting out a double album which will be funded by subscription. There's heaps of mp3's of their stuff on their site, though it is a bit bandwidth heavy. It's quality stuff, very high quality music and musicianship. Just when we thought 2004 was gonna be a bit of a let down

Ph3n0m · 11-11-2004 5:27pm

comparissons to anyone???

Doctor J · 11-11-2004 5:32pm

Hmmm, not sure tbh, it's death metal, quite technical, sometimes very fast, sometimes quite slow, odd bit of keyboards every now and then, really impressive guitar playing... sounds good to me.

Try these out (they're legal)

http://www.symbyosis.com/phoenix00/medias/voyager/symbyosis__voyager.mp3
http://www.symbyosis.com/phoenix00/medias/crisis/symbyosis_acrid_nebula.mp3

Ph3n0m · 11-11-2004 6:23pm

Doctor J wrote:

... sounds good to me.

and me too, well done on that Doctor J, well worth the download

Doctor J · 12-11-2004 10:04am

No problem, here's more of their stuff, more recent tunes... (all legal, Ken)

methinks I'm gonna contribute to that new album

Ph3n0m · 12-11-2004 10:33am

you're ideas intrigue me. from what i have heard this sounds like an album i would love to be a part off

Doctor J · 12-11-2004 10:38am

Yeah, I've got a lot of time for bands who are doing their own thing and when it's this kind of quality, they've got may support.

Ph3n0m · 12-11-2004 11:03am

plus the artwork on the website is quite tasty too

Doctor J · 12-11-2004 11:36am

That tune 'epileptic modern' is ****ing class!

Ph3n0m · 12-11-2004 11:59am

aye, but I prefer Death Apogee, however all the tunes have that something that appeals to me.

while I might not all of the tunes, there are parts of each tune that in some way, make me take notice - this could be anything from vocals, drumming, guitars, etc.

i downloaded the two drum solos from the site, and while not my usual expectation of 300 beats a second death metal style, it is nice to hear jazz stylings being used in the solos

Doctor J · 12-11-2004 12:03pm

Yeah, the whole package is impressive, from the site itself to the tunes to the way they're doing their new album. I'm surprised and tbh disappointed I haven't heard of them before. Symbyosis is better than most of their peers, I reckon. Great band. Roll on that new album.

And I really, really like the guitar playing. Very impressive :cool:

John · 13-11-2004 3:15pm

sounds good but I'm subscribed to enough albums for the moment

Symbyosis - well worth checking out

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