Verse Vica - new US prog/tech metal band - FFO: BTBAM, AAL

[Nykur_Myrkvi]

Has anyone checked this out? They put out a teaser a couple of days ago and it sounds really good.

The teaser is here:

https://soundcloud.com/versevica/endeavor-full-album-teaser

But it's also in this piece I wrote on my blog, I'll review the full thing as soon as I can.

Upcoming, up and coming - Verse Vica - Daedric Influence

 

[Exiterrr]

Heard this last night. Good Stuff!

 

[Nlelith]

Teaser sounds great!

 

[Nykur_Myrkvi]

Yeah, can't wait to hear it.

 

[jjfiegel]

Wow I'm digging this a bunch. Tommy Rogers eque growls (more so how it jives with the music) with Mike Lessard cleans. Guitar sounds nice.

 

[ThtOthrPrsn]

Sounds awesome! I'll definitely have to keep an eye out for more of their stuff!
Always love hearing new bands, thanks for posting it.

 

[AugmentedFourth]

Wow, this is actually pretty nice. When I see these threads with "prog metal" in the title I click them, usually only to be disappointed. But these sound like some actually pretty stellar compositions.

The transition at 0:45 sounded really good and I liked the riff that they faded out. It felt almost math rock-esque, like Native gone prog metal. But you know the transition is good when the orchestration changes completely and instantly and it still sounds seamless.

 

[Nykur_Myrkvi]

If you enjoy prog metal with math rock tendencies definitely keep an eye on The Afterimage.

 

[Nykur_Myrkvi]

My blog's resident Aussie wrote a review about the full album, check it out:

Verse Vica's first Endeavor - Daedric Influence

I agree with his review on most points at least.

 

[jjfiegel]

That's disappointing. I enjoyed the album teaser a lot, but the first single didn't do much for me. Maybe I'll still enjoy it.

 

[Shimme]

That teaser did it's job, I'll definitely check this one out!

Seems promising!

 

[Nykur_Myrkvi]

That's disappointing. I enjoyed the album teaser a lot, but the first single didn't do much for me. Maybe I'll still enjoy it.

The album is really good instrumentally but I agree with Troy's reservations regarding the vocals, I feel like they were underutilized and underdeveloped on the album not to mention mixed kinda low.

There's a new song up BTW.

https://soundcloud.com/versevica/verse-vica-cities-i-cerulean

 

[jjfiegel]

Yeah I'll echo that, especially after the second song. I like it instrumentally, and I like the clean vocals, but the harshes just make me sad. I want something a little more... throaty. More Tommy Rogers or Spencer Sotelo esque. Maybe even something akin to Mike Lessard.

I'm still looking forward to this album, but a little less so now.

 

[Rakija]

Sounds really good but that snare is killing me.