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Abel Sequera - Soundscapes - Reviewed By Metal Digest! Saturday August 19 2023, 5:46 PM

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Abel Sequera - Soundscapes - Reviewed By Metal Digest ! Check it out here at this link: https://metal-digest.com/2023/07/13/abel-sequera-soundscapes/

Hailing from Barcelona, Abel is a seriously talented drummer and judging by this album an impressive songwriter. Lives up to the name Soundscapes. Ably (no pun intended) is assisted by guitarist Carles Salsa and a host of numerous musicians.

I’m not sure how I’d really categorise this album, but this ‘Spanish progressive jazz-metal’ is a real treat for the ears. From the opening track ‘The Beginning of the End’. Swirling keyboards and Joe Satriani-esqe arpeggios accompanied with epic drums and bass. The band are super tight and the production is silky smooth.

Although mostly instrumental there are plenty of surprises on the journey. The last track does contain vocals and is preceded by my favourite track ‘Maat-Cosmic Order’. The hard work and musicianship gone into this album is abundantly apparent… top quality. Metal Digest

Release Date: March 3rd 2023

FFO: Dream Theater, Haken, Symphony X.

Location: International

Short Bio: Abel Sequera is a drummer and songwriter from Barcelona who is known for performing and recording for bands and artists such as Death Keepers (featuring Michael Vescera), Elisa C. Martin (ex-Dark Moor), melodic hard rockers Xtasy or guitarist Milan Polak amony many others. Produced and written together with guitarist Carles Salse (Sinergia, Kilmara), Abel brought us an ambitious new conceptual prog metal/rock album named of Soundscapes, which features 50 musicians abroad which include Derek Sherinian (Sons of Apollo), Mike LePond (Symphony X), Diego Tejeida (ex-Haken), Randy George (Neal Morse), Mats Haugen (Circus Maximus), Philip Bynoe (Steve Vai), Andreas Blomqvist (Seventh Wonder), Mike Abdow (Fates Warning), Brendt Allman and Gary Wehrkamp (Shadow Gallery) or Simone Mularoni (DGM) to name a few; that will delight all kind of prog fans.

Check them out on YouTube!