ASYMMETRIC UNIVERSE
In terms of pure technicality, Italian prog-metal fusion brothers Federico Vese &Nicolò Vese –aka Asymmetric Universe –were this year’s guitar standout. But this ain’t your dad’s Pat Metheny set at the Jazz Café; the Super Vese Bros deliver a sense of groove and otherworldly licks that nod to Polyphia and Chon, coupled with djent beatdowns inspired by Periphery and Meshuggah. “Our sound aims to incorporate many genres together, not creating compositions that have a ‘jazzy’ section then a ‘metal’ section… but rather mixing them at the same time,” explains bassist Nicolò.