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Gordian Knot is a progressive rock/metal band directed by bass guitarist Sean Malone.
At times its shifting lineup has included Steve Hackett of Genesis, Bill Bruford of King Crimson and Yes, Ron Jarzombek from Watchtower and Spastic Ink as well as Jim Matheos of Fates Warning, several of Malone’s former bandmates from Cynic and John Myung from Dream Theater.
The music of Gordian Knot is a highly professional mélange of progressive rock and metal, fusion - instrumental music à la Robert Fripp’s Guitar Craft (replacing the clean guitar sound with distorted sounds) and his solo-work (compare Gordian Knot’s song “Grace” with Fripp’s “Evening Star”).
Gordian Knot manage to incorporate several overlapping layers of complex melodies and harmonies into a unified whole without sounding too complex or “forced” in any way. The music of Gordian Knot also relies heavily on beautiful, diatonic guitar-melodies (although sometimes encompassing later-resolved dissonances to add a Jazz-Fusion-like flavor). The interaction between the various instruments (all played by very accomplished instrumentalists) is flawless, allowing for communication of various melody-lines, harmonies and rhythms between guitar(s), bass and - concerning rhythms - even drums.
Gordian Knot cannot be categorized without disregarding certain aspects of their music. For example the piece “Komm süsser Tod, komm sel’ge” is a transcription of a piece of the same name by Johann Sebastian Bach, while some of their pieces, most notably “Grace”, have a distinct classical, even “baroque” Bach-like flavor, being made up of an interplay between various diatonic, peaceful-sounding melody-lines from the bass and guitar(s) - without drifting off into the often corny, showy neo-classical style.
At times its shifting lineup has included Steve Hackett of Genesis, Bill Bruford of King Crimson and Yes, Ron Jarzombek from Watchtower and Spastic Ink as well as Jim Matheos of Fates Warning, several of Malone’s former bandmates from Cynic and John Myung from Dream Theater.
The music of Gordian Knot is a highly professional mélange of progressive rock and metal, fusion - instrumental music à la Robert Fripp’s Guitar Craft (replacing the clean guitar sound with distorted sounds) and his solo-work (compare Gordian Knot’s song “Grace” with Fripp’s “Evening Star”).
Gordian Knot manage to incorporate several overlapping layers of complex melodies and harmonies into a unified whole without sounding too complex or “forced” in any way. The music of Gordian Knot also relies heavily on beautiful, diatonic guitar-melodies (although sometimes encompassing later-resolved dissonances to add a Jazz-Fusion-like flavor). The interaction between the various instruments (all played by very accomplished instrumentalists) is flawless, allowing for communication of various melody-lines, harmonies and rhythms between guitar(s), bass and - concerning rhythms - even drums.
Gordian Knot cannot be categorized without disregarding certain aspects of their music. For example the piece “Komm süsser Tod, komm sel’ge” is a transcription of a piece of the same name by Johann Sebastian Bach, while some of their pieces, most notably “Grace”, have a distinct classical, even “baroque” Bach-like flavor, being made up of an interplay between various diatonic, peaceful-sounding melody-lines from the bass and guitar(s) - without drifting off into the often corny, showy neo-classical style.
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crack731 wrote:
"In November, 2009, Sean Malone yet again dismissed his touring band. The live Gordian Knot outfit consisted of Vickram Badalpur, John Webber, Thomas O' Meara, and Stephan Greenbank, who were all students at Florida State University. Upon graduating, the quartet decided to leave music and begin formal working careers, leaving Malone with no alternative but to discontinue their contracts." It's confusing - I've always considered GK as a studio project and I doubt that they've ever played live (at least the Internet doesn't know about it). I've also never heard about those mentioned musicians. does anybody here know something about it?
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Metality wrote:
@jackieholder840: Did you purposely ignore the comments after his (where his trolling was revealed) just for a chance of acting superior to him?
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timothybarnes wrote:
Both albums are awesome, this is a cool and good band.
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blackemperior wrote:
Rivers Dancing'i benden fazla seven çıksın çıkamaz ki
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RubikkUp wrote:
benden fazla seven çıksın çocuumu keserim......
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jackieholder840 wrote:
@ MilanoirSMT You sir, are an idiot. Thats like saying judas priest ripped off Iron Maiden... Gordian Knot formed in 1998. STS formed in 2004. Maybe a little research might help you make an educated statement.
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ThiiagoMorais wrote:
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DarknessV-sible wrote:
Rivers Dancing is an amazing song, beyond words.
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Krymus wrote:
Amazing band!
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Metality wrote:
I like them more.
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MilanoirSMT wrote:
Too be honest Scale The Summit is the superior band.
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Metality wrote:
Ah! I couldn't remember seeing that avatar before. Thanks.
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Tropnevad7 wrote:
MilanoirSMT made both of those posts. He trollin'.
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Metality wrote:
Lol, I was just on Scale The Summit's page, where some guy called them a Gordian Knot rip-off. Is this some in-joke I'm unaware of?
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MilanoirSMT wrote:
Scale The Summit rip off.
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GlassMoonKiss wrote:
Sean Malone is the man.
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FilthyBorgir wrote:
great band.
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Pulsecode wrote:
I really like the way that during 'The Brook The Ocean', in the bass noodling bit, Sean Malone plays around with 'Heart of the Sunrise' by Yes. It's one of my favourite basslines too, Sean. :D
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Elkman75 wrote:
i would sacrifice any dream theater cd for a new gordian knot album
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Sqaarg wrote:
What exactly do you mean, it doesn't go anywhere? It has tons of variations on a motif sprinkled throughout the album, which is one of the best examples of cohesiveness there is.
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