Time Signature
The one man metal team...
Genre: progressive metal / instrumental metal
I've always liked the idea of rock covers of movie and TV-show themes, so this stuff is of course right up my alley - especially, because Cloux covers themes whose originals are I like, such as the themes from A-Team, Knight Rider, MacGyver, Rocky and Indiana Jones.
Cloux' use of guitar melodies and twin guitar harmonies really makes this album a really great and catchy listen - and I also like the idea of humorous music actually still being quality music that is well performed and enjoyable to listen to.
The many layers of guitar harmonies and the complexity of the themes, which are typically originally written for other instrumentations than your typical metal guitar-bass-drums set-up, makes the music on this CD come across as quite progressive.
The main problem with this album is that the drums are programmed - and I think it would sound much better if the drums were played by a real human being... perhaps Sylvain Cloux should consider teaming up with super drummer Andrea Vadrucci in the future.
This should appeal to fans of guitar-driven metal such as Steve Vai and Joe Satriani and also to fans of progressive metal.