It seems as though the boundaries of what is "progressive rock" are always a somewhat steadily changing and elusive border. Surely part of what the original progressive bands were doing was throwing away all boundaries in favor of simply creating. Well, in that case, if not for any other reason, Giant Squid fits firmly in the progressive rock vein. I really find it hard to believe you've ever heard another band that sounds like Giant Squid. Those who are familiar with doom metal might have a clue. That style takes the heavy sound of classic metal bands like Black Sabbath and turns it into long jam band type excursions. In general the focus is on playing a fairly simple chord progression over and over while alternating the sounds and textures (both of it and the accompaniment) for long periods of time. Certainly Giant Squid shares a lot of the concept with those groups, and at times they do reach toward the same musical inspirations. The thing is they have stretched beyond that and also taken on psychedelic and prog textures into their musical collage. The result is a sound that works far more often than it doesn't. That sound can also get extremely powerful at times. This may not be your Father's progressive rock, but I'd call it prog. I'd also call it a great album.
-musicstreetjournal.com

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Label: The End | Item Code: TE 076 | Country: United States | Year: 2006 | Genre: ExperiMETAL

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