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Pyramid (USA) - Rage - Reviewed By Metal Digest! Wednesday June 14 2023, 4:29 PM

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Pyramid (USA) - Rage - Reviewed By Metal Digest ! Check it out here at this link: https://metal-digest.com/2023/05/24/pyramid-rage/

Ready your swords – and buy the ridiculous stage props – all ye of ren-faire and power metal disposition; there’s a new album from progressive purveyors of virtuosic power Metal Pyramid, and they’re back with a real statement of intent: this album’s entire second disc is a single 20 minute track called – wait for it – Dungeons and Dragons. Yep, that probably tells you all you need to know about what this is at its core. It’s chock-full of harmonised dual-leads, galloping and pounding basslines, huge and excessive synth strings, and vocal histrionics to challenge even Clare Torry.

And that’s not even the end of the ‘intense listening experience bingo’, as there’s distinct elements of Dream Theater-esque out-and-out prog metal, with complex sequences of meter changes, frenetic keyboard solos, and riffs that utilise the bits of the key that didn’t even realise they were part of the key in the first place. It all adds up into an experience that rewards the attentive listener, and one that surprisingly remains fairly accessible; the elements of Iron Maiden and Rainbow add a familiar element for even the most stuck-in-their-ways classic metalheads.

Overall, this is more listenable than first impressions may suggest, with a surprising depth that prog fans will appreciate. Metal Digest

Release Date: November 4th, 2022

FFO: Dream Theater, Savatage, Judas Priest

Location: USA

Pyramid the American progressive metal super-project, finished the production of their upcoming 5th album “Rage” Revisited!

For the new masterpiece of Pyramid-like in their previous album “Validity” - Lance Sawyer, the mainman of this band some of the best musicians of the metal scene:

Tim Ripper Owens (ex- Judas Priest , ex- Iced Earth , among others), Andry Lagiou ( The Harps ), Harry Conklin "The Tyrant" ( Jag Panzer ) on vocals, Mike Abdow ( Fates Warning ) on guitars and Chris Quirarte (Redemption) on drums, Adam Bentley (Arch Echo) guitars and mixing engineer, Joey Izzo (Arch Echo) the master on the keyboards and Perrine Missemer on the amazing violin.