INFINITE RISING
Awakening INFINITERISING.BANDCAMP.COM
Space rock meets instrumental virtuosity
An instrumental power trio playing extended range instruments – eightstring guitar and six-string bass – it’s tempting to compare Infinite Rising to Animals As Leaders. However, these Italians bring their own personality to progressive metal, with a style they describe as ‘spatial prog’. Sci-fi themes permeate Awakening, reflected in the song titles and the feeling of exploring the vastness of space. There’s constant dialogue between Federico Albanese’s guitar and Silvia Pistolesi’s bass, passing melodic ideas back and forth, and taking turns to establish musical themes. Pistolesi can harmonise with the
guitar or lock in with
drummer Alessandro
Formichi to highlight
a groove. Nocturnal
Skywatchers begins in
a drifting, relaxed mood,
like watching the stars
come out at dusk before
Albanese introduces
a menacing theme that evokes the fear
of what might be looking back from the
great unknown. The trio embrace
heaviness with the djent-leaning Eternal
and Orbital Inclination, yet they never
sacrifice songcraft for shred’s sake and
Formichi’s drums possess an appealing
warmth. A stimulating debut full of
widescreen musical imagery.