{"id":5020,"date":"2019-01-05T17:27:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-05T16:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theprogressivesubway.wordpress.com\/?p=5020"},"modified":"2019-01-05T17:27:00","modified_gmt":"2019-01-05T16:27:00","slug":"review-cloudbreaker-confinement-is-finite","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theprogressivesubway.com\/2019\/01\/05\/review-cloudbreaker-confinement-is-finite\/","title":{"rendered":"Review: Cloudbreaker \u2013 Confinement Is Finite"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Style: melodeath (mixed vocals)
Review by: Daniel
Country: Germany
Release date: 05-01-2019
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NOTE: This album was originally included in the January 2019<\/a> issue of The Progressive Subway<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If someone were to play \u201cstock\u201d music of melodic death metal, Cloudbreaker<\/strong> would be what you\u2019d hear. The music is generally tasteful, the musicianship is good, but they don\u2019t explore new territory or make themselves stand out. And this is my main issue with this band.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This lack of exploration brings me to one of the biggest issues I have with this band: their self proclaimed classification as progressive metal. To me the only progressive aspects of their music are their lyrics (focus on sci-fi and dystopian themes with obscure references), but I believe that this really isn\u2019t enough to make them qualify as Progressive Metal. Sure, I spotted a couple grooves in 7 for a few bars, but I would argue that even the use of odd time signatures for a couple bars in a single song isn\u2019t enough to make something immediately classify as Progressive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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