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Subjects (album)
''Subjects'' is the seventh studio album by American instrumental progressive metal band Scale the Summit. The album was self-released on June 25, 2021, and was produced by the band's guitarist Chris Letchford. It is the band's first album that is not instrumental, featuring vocals performed by guest musicians. The album was elected by ''PopMatters'' as the 10th best progressive metal album of 2021. Track listing Personnel ;Scale the Summit * Chris Letchford – guitars, production * Kilian Duarte – bass * Charlie Engen – drums ;Additional musicians * Mike Semesky – guest vocals on track 1 * Garrett Garfield – guest vocals on track 2 * Ross Jennings – guest vocals on track 3 * Eric Emery – guest vocals on track 4 * Joseph Secchiaroli of The Reign of Kindo – guest vocals on track 5 * Courtney LaPlante Courtney LaPlante (born February 26, 1989) is an American singer best known as the lead vocalist of the Canadian Heavy metal music, heavy metal band Spiritbox. B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scale The Summit
Scale the Summit is an American instrumental progressive metal band formed in Houston, Texas in 2004. The band comprises guitarist Chris Letchford, bassist Kilian Duarte and drummer Charlie Engen. They were signed to Prosthetic Records before the band decided to release their work independently. The band is influenced by other progressive acts such as Cynic and Dream Theater. The band gained notice as part of the Progressive Nation 2009 tour with Dream Theater, Zappa Plays Zappa and Bigelf. History Formation and early years (2004–2007) Chris Letchford and Travis Levrier grew up in the same neighborhood, but never played music together until 2004, after they reconnected a few years earlier in a record store discussing a common interest, Between the Buried and Me. The duo formed a metal band in Houston that had trouble finding a bass guitarist and drummer. Letchford was set to attend the Los Angeles Musicians Institute a year after the band's formation, and Levrier deci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Progressive Metal
Progressive metal (often shortened to prog metal) is a broad fusion music genre melding heavy metal music, heavy metal and progressive rock, combining the loud "aggression" and amplified electric guitar, guitar-driven sound of the former with the more experimental, cerebral or quasi-classical compositions of the latter. The music typically showcases the extreme technical proficiency of the performers and usually uses unorthodox Chord progression, harmonies as well as complex rhythms with frequent Metre (music), meter changes and intense syncopation. The rhythmic aspects are especially emphasized in the djent subgenre. Although the genre emerged towards the late-1980s, it was not until the 1990s that progressive metal achieved widespread success. Dream Theater, Watchtower (band), Watchtower, Queensrÿche, Tool (band), Tool, Symphony X,''AllMusic''Tool Retrieved on February 11, 2013. Shadow Gallery, King's X, and Fates Warning are a few examples of progressive metal bands who a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Djent
Djent () is a subgenre of progressive metal, termed for an onomatopoeia of the guitar sound that characterizes it. While sources such as ''The Guardian'' and ''Guitar World'' describe djent as a Music genre, genre, some notable musicians including Randy Blythe (Lamb of God (band), Lamb of God) and Stephen Carpenter (Deftones) say it is not. Development Fredrik Thordendal, lead guitarist of Swedish band Meshuggah, coined the term."Djent, the metal geek's microgenre" ''The Guardian''. 3 March 2011. Retrieved 26 June 2011 In a 2018 interview by Rauta, Meshuggah guitarist Mårten Hagström apologized for the band's role in creating the "djent" style of guitar playing, calling it "a drunk misunderstanding". Other bands important in the development of the style are Animals as Leaders, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Letchford
Chris Letchford (born October 7, 1984) is an American guitarist. He is the lead guitarist in the instrumental progressive metal band Scale the Summit. His technical ability has been recognized in magazines such as ''Guitar World'', ''Revolver'', and All Metal Resource. Background Letchford began playing guitar when he was 8 years old. He had over 6 years of private guitar lessons before applying to the Musicians Institute in Los Angeles, majoring in the Guitar Craft program and then the Guitar Performance program, GIT. Along with this education, he also attended Berklee College of Music with a major in music. While at the Musicians Institute, he formed Scale the Summit with his friend and fellow guitarist Travis Levrier, and drummer Pat Skeffington, whom they met there in 2004. They added bass guitarist Jordan Eberhardt to complete the line-up. Equipment Letchford endorses several guitar and amplifier companies. In late 2016 Chris has collaborated with Kiesel Guitars and ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
In A World Of Fear
''In a World of Fear'' is the sixth studio album by American instrumental progressive metal band Scale the Summit. The album was self-released on May 19, 2017, and was produced by the band's guitarist Chris Letchford. It is their first album to be released independently since ''Monument''. It is the band's first album with drummer Charlie Engen and bassist Kilian Duarte. It is also the band's first album to feature guest musicians. Background and recording On October 17, 2016, Scale the Summit announced that they are writing new material for the forthcoming album. On December 20, after a rocky few months of accusations and line-up changes, the band headed back to the studio. The recording sessions begun on January 7. February 1, 2017, the group have announced that they have completed tracking their new album and are mixing it. Critical reception At Ultimate Guitar, the staff rated the album 9 out of 10 and stated: "Overall, Scale the Summit has done quite well to weather the ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Instrumental
An instrumental or instrumental song is music without any vocals, although it might include some inarticulate vocals, such as shouted backup vocals in a big band setting. Through Semantic change, semantic widening, a broader sense of the word song may refer to instrumentals. The music is primarily or exclusively produced using musical instruments. An instrumental can exist in music notation, after it is written by a composer; in the mind of the composer (especially in cases where the composer themselves will perform the piece, as in the case of a blues solo guitarist or a folk music fiddle player); as a piece that is performed live by a single instrumentalist or a musical ensemble, which could range in components from a duet, duo or trio (music), trio to a large big band, concert band or orchestra. In a song that is otherwise sung, a section that is not sung but which is played by instruments can be called an instrumental interlude, or, if it occurs at the beginning of the song, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Progressive Metal
Progressive metal (often shortened to prog metal) is a broad fusion music genre melding heavy metal music, heavy metal and progressive rock, combining the loud "aggression" and amplified electric guitar, guitar-driven sound of the former with the more experimental, cerebral or quasi-classical compositions of the latter. The music typically showcases the extreme technical proficiency of the performers and usually uses unorthodox Chord progression, harmonies as well as complex rhythms with frequent Metre (music), meter changes and intense syncopation. The rhythmic aspects are especially emphasized in the djent subgenre. Although the genre emerged towards the late-1980s, it was not until the 1990s that progressive metal achieved widespread success. Dream Theater, Watchtower (band), Watchtower, Queensrÿche, Tool (band), Tool, Symphony X,''AllMusic''Tool Retrieved on February 11, 2013. Shadow Gallery, King's X, and Fates Warning are a few examples of progressive metal bands who a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PopMatters
''PopMatters'' is an international online magazine of cultural criticism that covers aspects of popular culture. ''PopMatters'' publishes reviews, interviews, and essays on cultural products and expressions in areas such as music, television, films, books, video games, comics, sports Sport is a physical activity or game, often competitive and organized, that maintains or improves physical ability and skills. Sport may provide enjoyment to participants and entertainment to spectators. The number of participants in ..., theater, visual arts, travel, and the Internet. History ''PopMatters'' was founded by Sarah Zupko, who had previously established the cultural studies academic resource site PopCultures. ''PopMatters'' launched in late 1999 as a sister site providing original essays, reviews and criticism of various media products. Over time, the site went from a weekly publication schedule to a five-day-a-week magazine format, expanding into regular review ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ross Jennings (singer)
Ross William Jennings (born 7 February 1984) is an English progressive metal singer, most known for being a founding member and the lead vocalist of the bands Haken (band), Haken and Novena. As of 2023, he has released seven albums with Haken (''Aquarius (Haken album), Aquarius, Visions (Haken album), Visions, The Mountain (Haken album), The Mountain, Affinity (Haken album), Affinity, Vector (Haken album), Vector,'' ''Virus (Haken album), Virus, and Fauna (Haken album), Fauna''), one with Novena (''Eleventh Hour''), three with Redados (''Too Tired for Sleep, One Way Conversations and Turbo Torture: Train Like Dogs...Ride Like Gods'') and one solo album (''A Shadow of My Future Self''). Early life Jennings was born on 7 February 1984 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, and moved to Sutton, London at an early age. His first experience with music was being taken to Classical music, classical concerts which sparked little passion in him. He slowly grew to enjoy other genres alongside the music ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Reign Of Kindo
The Reign of Kindo is an American rock band originating from Buffalo, New York, currently based out of New York City. They produce and release their music independently. They finance the creation of their recordings and videos by writing, producing and releasing a new original recording every month to their supporters on Patreon. History The band formed in late 2006 from the remaining members of This Day and Age. On August 21, 2007, the band released their first record, an EP entitled simply "'' The Reign of Kindo EP''". The EP was a regional sales success, reaching No. 5 on the Billboard Middle Atlantic Heatseekers chart. In 2008, they began recording for their first full-length record, entitled "'' Rhythm, Chord & Melody''" and released it through 111 Records on August 19, 2008. The band's third record, an LP titled '' This Is What Happens'', was released in August 2010 through Candyrat Records. The album was re-created in an 8-bit/Chiptune style by members Mike Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Courtney LaPlante
Courtney LaPlante (born February 26, 1989) is an American singer best known as the lead vocalist of the Canadian Heavy metal music, heavy metal band Spiritbox. Born in the United States, LaPlante began singing in bands as a teenager after moving to Canada. She first gained success as the lead singer of the now-defunct American metalcore band Iwrestledabearonce. As the successor of the band's original vocalist, LaPlante recorded and performed with the band from 2012 until 2015. She left the group months after the release of her second album with them, ''Hail Mary (Iwrestledabearonce album), Hail Mary'' (2015). In 2016, LaPlante returned to Canada with longtime bandmate Mike Stringer, where the two married; they have played together in each of LaPlante's bands. Desiring to have their own creative identity following their experience in Iwrestledabearonce, the pair founded Spiritbox in 2017. They have released two studio albums, ''Eternal Blue (album), Eternal Blue'' (2021), ''Tsunam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Albums
For lists of 2021 albums, see: * List of 2021 albums (January–June) * List of 2021 albums (July–December) {{Short pages monitor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
