Sonic Voyager
Bending Horizons
Bending Horizons
01 - Bending Horizons
02 - Will You Stranger
03 - Freeze
04 - Time On Their Hands
05 - Fractal Minds
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Credits:
All music and lyrics by Sonic Voyager
Arranged and produced and Sonic Voyager
Guitars and vocals - Voyager 1
Fretless bass - Voyager 1
Drums - Voyager 2
Artwork by - Ed M
Logo and design - Dedy Badic Art
With their debut release, Bending Horizons, Sonic Voyager brings a prog-metal set of five long-form tracks, each of one could be a separated EP on their own from the amount of riffs, ideas and lyrics wide themes.
A standout element is the fretless bass work, which doesn’t just support the music but actively shapes it - sliding between technical aggression and melodic freedom. Fretless bass almost leads here the song at the times, with catchy and at times even classy phrases, making you want to pick an instrument and play the riff by yourself.
The influence range is wide but purposeful: the hyper-intellectual metal aspect collides with the exploratory spirit of classic progressive bands of 70-s prog-rock, filtered through a modern prog-metal lens. The production is also giving it a unique touch, bringing almost artificial sci-fi feel overall yet natural and cohesive each instrument role. Sonic Voyager definitely sets a foot on a right place - bending the genre walls and re-shaping the ideas which extend to the limits of your imagination.