Art Metal

Self-releasedRelease date: 2/27/2023Production: DavidoOFF & Dejan Dimec - DimmeAlbum length: 27.13 minGenre: Instrumental Rock / Guitar Rock / Progressive Metal / Art MetalRating: 9.0/10 DavidOFF, the alias behind which stands…

Label: Insideout MusicRelease date: 10/28/2022Production: Devin TownsendAlbum length: 103.50 min ('de-luxe' (2CD) version)Genre: Progressive Metal / Progressive RockRating: 10/10 "Lightwork" is the latest studio masterpiece from…

Self-releasedRelease date: May 9, 2021Production: DavidOFFAlbum length: 28.00 minGenre: Progressive Metal/Art Metal/Instrumental/Guitar RockRating: 9.0/10 DavidOFF is a music project, let's just call it a fully instrumental guitar…

“»Empire«, which was produced once again by Peter Collins, just like »Operation: Mindcrime« (with Jim Barton handling engineering duties) in Vancouver, Canada, remains a timeless musical achievement even after 30 years, embodying the…

"On his new self-released studio outing, this outstanding musical gem of a talent keeps deepening, widening and nurturing the expressive qualities of his previous three albums, holding onto a top-shelf standard of musical artistry dressed…

Label: Century Media RecordsProduction: Chris "Zeuss" HarrisRelease date: October 2, 2015Album length: 64.23 minGenre: Art Metal Queensryche are back with their second studio album since the band's shipwreck during the messy split…

Label: Century Media RecordsRelease date: 24.06.2013Production: James "Jimbo" Barton Album length: 35.15 minGenre: Art Metal Queensrÿche without Geoff Tate. Queensrÿche with Geoff Tate. I just mentioned two bands. Two Queensrÿche…

Label: Roadrunner RecordsRelease date: 21.06.2011Production: Kelly GrayAlbum length: 70.51Genre: Art Metal What is there even left to say about a band that has sold over 20 million studio albums in its career, cracked the top ten,…

"Living Colour are poison, you see, especially for metalheads who want to spit out an identical copy on stage of what their studio work sounds like, frozen on tape. It's exactly this disregard for following set templates that sets the band…

""Operation: Mindcrime" is progressive in the purest sense of the word. Especially in its concept, its poetry, and the unique, one-of-a-kind identity Queensryche managed to develop at this point in their evolution. So I can once again call…

""Rage For Order" is one seriously important album. It's the predecessor to "Operation: Mindcrime". Stylistically it's already closer to its successor, and on it Queensryche seriously flexed the extensors and flexors of their progressive…

"Part II" is light-years away from "Part I," but it's also light-years away from the sadly underwhelming "Q2K" (1999) and "Tribe" (2003).