Time to go a little off the path again with some Prog Metal. This is somewhat of a supergroup if you will, featuring members of other Metal bands. Subterranean Masquerade started out in 97 with Guitarist Tomer Pink. The band recorded a few covers at the start, a Peter Murphy cover as well as a Dead Can Dance cover. Both of which wound up on tribute records. The band lay dormant until 04 when an EP was released.
'Temporary Psychotic State' featured among others, JWW of Agalloch, Paul Kuhr of Novembers Doom and Tino LoSicco of Epoch Of Unlight. The two track EP was an experimental step into Prog Metal. The follow up
'Suspended Animation Dreams' picks up where the EP left off. Once again Paul handles the vocals and Tomer takes care of the guitars. The album goes further into the Prog Metal land, laced with interesting musical interludes as well as a mix of clean and harsh vocals. There's really no way to describe it other than just to tell the listener to listen to it. It's a wonderful album that I love. Sadly the band went pretty much on hiatus after the release in 05, but there is news that the band is working on a new EP due out next year.
This is truly an unique band in every sense of the word. Musically it's a mix of styles blended perfectly together. This band flew under the radar of a lot of people, given the people involved with it. Sadly this band should have been a lot bigger. I guess the eclectic styles are just a bit much for some. For me though it's a great album to throw on the headphones and get lost in. An album I can listen to weekly and not get tired of it and that's saying a lot there.
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