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Release Date
29 September 2008
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Length
11 tracks
✪ Suspyre – When Time Fades . . . ✪
Full-length LP
Released: September 30, 2008
Label: Sensory Records
Many of the progressive metal bands that have emerged in the 21st century have come out of Europe, but Suspyre are among the American prog metal bands that emerged in the United States in the early 2000s – New Jersey, to be exact. When Time Fades…, Suspyre's third album, is fairly technical but not ultra-technical; some prog metallers are a lot more angular and difficult than these Jersey residents, and some prog metallers are hookier and provide songs that are easier to absorb. So one could say that while Suspyre don't go out of their way to be accessible, they don't go out of their way to be inaccessible either. When Time Fades… rocks aggressively, but the material is consistently melodic (often incorporating elements of European classical music and occasionally incorporating elements of jazz) and places a great deal of emphasis on nuance and songcraft. There are plenty of death metal, black metal, metalcore, rap metal, doom metal, math metal, industrial metal, and alternative metal bands that take pride in showing listeners how viciously heavy they can be; When Time Fades… is never like that. Instead of emphasizing heaviness or bombast, this 2008 release emphasizes musicality – and like many other prog metal bands, Suspyre have a sound that links elements of power metal (as in Judas Priest, Iron Maiden, Queensrÿche, and Manowar) with progressive rock artists like Yes, Kansas, Pink Floyd, King Crimson, and Emerson, Lake & Palmer. When Time Fades… falls short of excellent, although it's a decent (if slightly uneven) example of what progressive metal has to offer in the United States in the 21st century. And there is never any doubt that the members of Suspyre can play their instruments well.
Track Listing
01. Possession / The Negative
02. Evolutions
03. Lighted Endrhyme
04. Maniac Main Point Check
05. Siren (One Last Breath)
06. Reign
07. Fallen Stars
08. A World With No Measures
09. The Light of the Fire
10. Apparitions
11. Let Freedom Ring (The Heart of It All)
(All compositions by Gregg Rossetti except track 11 by Gregg Rossetti and Rich Skibinsky
All lyrics by Clay Barton (additional lyrics on "Lighted Endrhyme" by Alex Rapkin)
Artwork by Gustavo Sazes
Produced and engineered by Gregg Rossetti and Rich Skibinsky at Erypsus Studios A in Whitehouse Station, NJ
Edited and mixed by Rich Skibinsky at Erypsus Studios B in Flemington, NJ
Drums edited by Charlie Zeleny and Tommy Searfoss at DrumDocZ Studio
Mastered by Alan Douches at West West Side Music in New Windsor, NY
Album Line-up
Clay Barton – lead and backing vocals
Andrew Distabile – bass
Gregg Rossetti – guitars, fretless bass, Chapman Stick, tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, tenor viola de gamba,
Rich Skibinsky – guitars, mandolin, bass, other percussion
Charlie Zeleny – drums
Guest musicians
Rob Cross (backing vocals on track 3), Christi D’Amico (keyboards and piano), Trisha O’Keefe (female vocals on tracks 3 & 5 )
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