Transcendental (album)
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Transcendental is the début album from UK progressive metal
band To-Mera
. Its style is characterised by female vocals; long, multi-sectioned songs; heavy riffs and jazzy sections. The album has been likened to the works of bands such as Symphony X
, SikTh
, Dillinger Escape Plan and Opeth
.
and mastering). The cover was created by Eliran Kantor
. The band liked the website he made for them so much that they took the album artwork directly from it.
The band chose Transcendental as a début album title to reflect the emotional effects of their music. The idea that the title was chosen to hint at the Transcendental Etudes
written by Hungarian composer Franz Liszt
- which were considered some of the most technical musical pieces of their time - has been denied by the band.
Progressive metal
Progressive metal is a subgenre of heavy metal originating in the United Kingdom and North America in the late 1980s...
band To-Mera
To-Mera
To-Mera are a progressive metal band from South Oxfordshire in the UK. The band plays a technical style of metal characterized by long songs, multiple time changes and jazz interludes.-Current members:*Julie Kiss - Vocals*Thomas MacLean - Guitar...
. Its style is characterised by female vocals; long, multi-sectioned songs; heavy riffs and jazzy sections. The album has been likened to the works of bands such as Symphony X
Symphony X
Symphony X is an American progressive metal band from Middletown, New Jersey.Founded in 1994 by guitarist Michael Romeo, their albums The Divine Wings of Tragedy and V: The New Mythology Suite have given the band considerable attention within the progressive metal community...
, SikTh
SikTh
Sikth were a progressive metal band from Watford, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom.-Early days:SikTh formed in late 1999, but consolidated their line-up in March 2001...
, Dillinger Escape Plan and Opeth
Opeth
Opeth is a Swedish heavy metal band from Stockholm, formed in 1990. Though the group has been through several personnel changes, singer, guitarist, and songwriter Mikael Åkerfeldt has remained Opeth's driving force throughout the years...
.
Track listing
- "Traces" - 3:13
- "Blood" - 5:36 (partly written in Hungarian)
- "Dreadful Angel" - 6:52
- "Phantoms" - 7:18
- "Born Of Ashes" - 7:04
- "Parfum" - 6:32
- "Obscure Oblivion" - 6:17
- "Realm Of Dreams" - 9:44
Work on the album
The album was recorded and mixed between May and July 2006 in Hungary (drums, vocals, guitars), England (keyboards, bass) and France (Audio mixingAudio mixing (recorded music)
In audio recording, audio mixing is the process by which multiple recorded sounds are combined into one or more channels, most commonly two-channel stereo. In the process, the source signals' level, frequency content, dynamics, and panoramic position are manipulated and effects such as reverb may...
and mastering). The cover was created by Eliran Kantor
Eliran Kantor
Eliran Kantor is a Berlin-based artist and illustrator known mostly for creating album covers for heavy metal bands such as Testament, Mekong Delta, Sigh and Anacrusis...
. The band liked the website he made for them so much that they took the album artwork directly from it.
The band chose Transcendental as a début album title to reflect the emotional effects of their music. The idea that the title was chosen to hint at the Transcendental Etudes
Transcendental Etudes
The Transcendental Etudes , S.139, are a series of twelve compositions for solo piano by Franz Liszt. They were published in 1852 as a revision of a more technically difficult 1837 series, which in turn were the elaboration of a set of studies written in 1826:...
written by Hungarian composer Franz Liszt
Franz Liszt
Franz Liszt ; ), was a 19th-century Hungarian composer, pianist, conductor, and teacher.Liszt became renowned in Europe during the nineteenth century for his virtuosic skill as a pianist. He was said by his contemporaries to have been the most technically advanced pianist of his age...
- which were considered some of the most technical musical pieces of their time - has been denied by the band.
Credits
- Julie Kiss - Vocals
- Tom MacLean - Guitar
- Lee Barrett - Bass
- Hugo Sheppard - Keyboards
- Akos Pirisi - Drums