EARLY CROSS

Progressive Metal • Japan
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Early Cross is a Japanese atmospheric metal band who describe their own style of music as landscape rock.

From their 2013 promo material: "Early Cross are a four piece band comprising of Natasha Vaichuk (Vocals), Hiroaki Kato (6 & 12 String Guitars, Bouzouki, Pianos, Mellotrons, Organs), Yugo Maeda (Bass) and Yushi Soutome (Drums).

With a sound much bigger than the sum of their parts, “Pathfinder” is a strong label debut full of carefully crafted music, depth, musical richness and emotion with a dark foreboding presence that will find favour with fans of Opeth, Porcupine Tree, Riverside, Day Six, The Gathering, The Wishing Tree etc."
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EARLY CROSS Pathfinder album cover 4.55 | 2 ratings
Pathfinder
Progressive Metal 2013

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EARLY CROSS Solstice album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Solstice
Progressive Metal 2010
EARLY CROSS December's Cross: Dasher album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
December's Cross: Dasher
Progressive Metal 2011

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EARLY CROSS Pathfinder

Album · 2013 · Progressive Metal
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Genre: landscape rock

The Japanese act refer to their style as landscape rock, which definitely sounds exotic and ethereal, but captured by this obscure genre label is in reality a rather unique type of post metal.

Combining introspective alternative rock with elements from doom metal, the Japanese cleverly draw on two of the most depressive and melancholic genres in modern rock music. And, what is more, they manage to strike a perfect balance between them, taking the listener through mellow and atmospheric alternative passages juxtaposed with heavier and slower doom sections, with the occasional more aggressive part every now and then.

A further element is progressiveness. For my money, this album is a progressive metal album - although not your average instrument-masturbating one. That is not to say that there is something wrong with the musicianship, because there definitely isn't. These guys are excellent songwriters, and Natasha Vaichuk's introvert and vulnerable, and sometimes deliberately off-key, vocals suit the music perfectly.

"Pathfinder" is a very original post-metallic release, which should appeal to fans of the likes of Ghost Brigade, The Gathering, and perhaps even Opeth.

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