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ProgRock Records (PRR 350)
Based on true events, this concept recording explores the dark world of an abused young girl and how certain key events steer here towards an adult life filled with confusion and chaos.
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Nuno
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Published on: 15 Nov 2006
For starters I would like to honestly confess that, after having heard this bands average/good debut album, I was not expecting to be blown away with their sophomore…but I did!
In terms of the most “classic” Prog-Metal, this album is really a top notch one. A demonstration of capacity and ability by a band that is now on a very own stand point.
One that knew this band priorly to the release of The Tragedy Of Innocence may well be misleaded into believing that they have kept their close approach to the music of Dream Theater. Well, here are news for you, they didn’t!!! They have been surprisingly able to evolve into a very own and personal sound, while keeping only the best connections to DT, in terms of technical savvy and complex construction of the tracks. And even if some other influences can be heard here, like those relating them to Pain Of Salvation, Queensryche or even Symphony X in some little details, Prymary has really hit the nail right in its head with this concept album.
The music here is mainly characterized by a deep symphonic feel that is almost constantly kept well disguised beneath a fierce and masterful technical layer. Yes, in terms of quality playing, this album just has to rank amongst the best of the genre. It is that good.
Melodically very rich, with a fistful of eary harmonies and courageous/frantic riffs to accompany, this album is all about the tension, power, eloquence and especially the whole set of emotional layers that are perfectly pictured in the music and reflected in the vocal work. And these are some of the most notable achievements of this album. But I could easily find many other positive adjectives to describe what is going on in this album. Yet, the best thing to do is give you that homework…
For fans of the, unfortunately, very washed out and populated genre of power/prog-metal, this album is a real gem; a stone thrown in a still water lake. And therefore, a must!
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MJBrady
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Published on: 23 Sep 2006
Here a few years after the bands self-titled and promising debut, This California based progressive band has released their second cd. And an ambitious effort that includes a more mature sound, a full length concept story, and a new label to back them. The tragedy of Innocence is lyrically based around a true story of a certain girl/woman's strife filled life after a childhood of abuse and struggle for identity as she progresses through her life stages. Interesting enough, as this story is perhaps all to common sadly, and probably relates to a lot more people than it should. The band fully delivers the story in an imaginable process, by mixing singing with occasional narrations between settings. Each song takes an identity of it's own instrumentally as the musicians set the stage for the girl's struggle to come to peace with her demons.
The music on The Tragedy of Innocence sees Prymary continuing to develop into a solid progmetal band, more continuously heavy than the bands debut, they also show a more technical side, mixing edgy guitars and syncopated rhythms with Mike Di Sarro's vocals. Di Sarro shows to have provided the most improvement over the debut as well, his voice is much more versatile and emotional. While my review of the bands previous effort compared him with Ted Leonard of Enchant, I am finding him even more aggressive and rangier now, there are moments when he actually reminded me of the great Joseph Williams a former Toto singer. This cd is not about the singer, though he has shown great strides here, this band operates as a unit, and writes accordingly. In the tradition of the better progressive metal bands, they create a menagerie of moods, and focus a lot on technical arrangements that challenge the musicians as well as the listener.
This cd is arranged in such a way, that no certain songs seem to really stand apart as unique or diverse from the others, and the fact that it was written with a chronological story line, you almost have to follow the cd from start to finish. There is a lot to ingest here, and it proves to be a cd that the listeners will have to be patient with as it really doesn't just hit you with an immediate impact. This year has proven to be a great year for progressive metal minded music, and the big names are not amoung them, count Prymary's second effort here as one of these 2006 releases that should appeal to the finnicky progmetal crowds, samples are available at the Progrock Records site.(http://www.progrockrecords.com/shop/view.php?id=100)
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PROGGNOSIS SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY
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- Dirty Room Part I
- In My Shell
- Soul Deceiver
- Oceans of Insolence
- Miracle
- Born Again
- Only Love
- What Little Girls Are For
- Running Away
- Dirty Room Part II
- Ask The Angels
- Choices
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