The voice fits like a glove here and did a great job, pointing when needed with the clear and powerfull voice of clay barton. Suspyre is a progressive metal band with some good old power metal flavor. All arrangements by suspyre all lyrics by clay barton except track 9 by clay barton and diane distabile additional vocals on track 2 by rob desimone engineered, mixed, and edited by gregg rossetti and andrew distabile at erypsus studios in flemington, nj mastered by alan douches at west west side music in new windsor, ny. All have a common interest in metal, while jazz and classical are also at the top of their lists. The band worked tirelessly on the their latest inception, simply entitled suspyre. Progressive metal suspyre a great divide 2007, flac. This hidden gem in progressive metal combines traditional prog influences with a whole new level of classical influence and a touch of jazz fusion with the result being a powerful and enjoyable listen for fans of progressive metal. One of the strongest bands to debut in the arena in 2005 is the new jersey based suspyre. Structure of inhumanity, the epic, melodic deathpower metal band featuring pyramazeechoterra keyboardist jonah weingarten, exarsis bassist noah martin, suspyre vocalist clay barton, suspyre dr. Suspyre s sound is heavily influenced by a wide variety of musicians and bands, including dream theater, opeth, symphony x, igor stravinsky, mahler, mozart and bach in the summer of 2001 with a jam session at drummer chris myers house with guitarists gregg rossetti and rich skibinsky. Gregg rossetti guitars, midi sequencing, alto saxophone on tracks 3 and 11, tenor saxophone on tracks 4 and 11.
Shadow gallery proceeded to sign with inside out and release room v in 2005. Forevers edge releases chaotic silence featuring suspyre. The singer, for example, finds him adding a smooth. Clay bartons vocals could slide right into the more melodic. Forevers edge hereafter 2020 metal area extreme music portal. A video teaser of clay barton at erypsus studios recording some vocal takes for suspyre s new. A video teaser of clay barton at erypsus studios recording some vocal takes for suspyre s new album. Forevers edge announce new singer and bassist, reveal. This progressive power metal cd features suspyre members clay barton on vocals, andrew distabile on bass, and gregg rossetti on. Clay barton is right in the middle of it, allowing the vocal lines to flow smoothly with the main rhythm. Suspyre vocal recording of possession from when time. Blood and passion a great divide fulllength lp 032007 label. Suspyre is a finelytuned musical machine with no real weaknesses.
Discussion in suspyre started by greggsuspyre, jan 3, 2012. I even sense a touch of the band yes because of the awesome keyboard play. After several years of hard work trapped in the dungeons of creating a heavy metal masterpiece, njny progressive metal band forevers edge have announced the return of singer clay barton suspyre for their sophomore album, hereafter, as well as bassist noah martin arsis. Cd, but new jerseys progressive metal titans suspyre are back with their latest release, simply titled suspyre. First, chris myers was replaced by sam paulicelli, then raffaele gerace was replaced by clay barton. Sal pi guitarist, mike pignataro keyboardist, clay barton vocals for. Suspyre clay barton in the recording studio youtube. Clay barton handles vocals, and while he may not be as smooth as some of his contemporaries, his strong, roughedged voice adds some life and grit to the album.
If you love progressive metal music, suspyre delivers with a punch with when time fades. Suspyre also includes clay barton vocals, gregg rossetti guitarssaxophone, gabe marshall drums, and april sese keyboards. Clay barton vocals, andrew distabile bass, gregg rossetti guitars and saxophone, april sese keyboards, and rick skibinsky guitars suspyre. We all have a common interest in progressive rock and metal, while jazz and classical are also at the top of our lists.
Suspyre announces new selftitled album ultimate metal. A great divide seems to be sort of a concept album tracing the difficult life and times and ultimate death of a piano playing girl named april. Forevers edge releases chaotic silence metal silvaes. This album seemed to slip under our radars when choosing our best albums for 2005. Im not only impressed by clay barton s vocals, but by the rest of the band as well. Progpower europe 2008 september 30, 2008 posted by william spear in news. Progressive metal shadow gallery 9 19922009, mp3, 320 kbps.
Maybe its just me, for example, but i tend to find that the more dream theaterinspired sections seem to occur in close proximity to clay barton s vocals. Fresh on the power metal scene, forever s edge, formed by guitarist salvatore pisano, is supported by a power house of musicians including keyboardist mike khalilov empyreon, revolution renaissance, singer clay barton suspyre, bassist andrew distabile suspyre, and drummer frank godla empyreon, dividing light. Formed in 2001, suspyre s brand of progressive metal can be attributed. While progressive metal fans will probably get a bit more out of a great divide than others, the album doesnt shut. Suspyre suspyre 2012 suspyre s music has a wide range of influences and members with distinct personalities that make up the bands sound. Suspyre is a music studio album recording by suspyre progressive metalprogressive rock released in 2012 on cd, lp vinyl andor cassette. Nightmare recordsall compositions by gregg rossetti except the singer by gregg rossetti, and rich skibinsky all lyrics by clay barton album lineup. Suspyre is a progressive metal progressive rock artist from united states.
An interesting listen but they need to work on bringing all these disparates together into a whole thats greater than the sum of. Clay barton recording vocals for possession off of suspyre s 2008 album, when time fades. A video teaser of clay barton at erypsus studios recording some vocal takes for suspyre. Lets see whether their hard work pays off the album starts with chaser, a song heavily inspired by the later symphony x and with singer clay barton employing a very convincing russell allen type snarl. Their debut record, the silvery image was released in. Andrew distabile, april sese, clay barton, gregg rossetti, progpower europe 2008, rick skibinsky, suspyre, the netherlands trackback. Not only does suspyre offer a fantastic array of progressive metal, id say that symphony x now has a run for their money. Clay barton s vocals is representative of the genres great vocalists, and the albums overall sound definitely rivals dream theater, and queensryche. Now signed to american label nightmare records they have a bit more of a chance to reach a wider audience than before. One look at the track listing shows that this is a grandiose affair. I learned bass just to join suspyre in 2006, says andrew distabile. The entire album has now been made available for streaming online via bandcamp or through the player available below.
Suspyre s music has a wide range of influences and members with distinct personalities that make up the bands sound. Shadow gallery progressive metal united states 19922009 mp3. While not a christian band, suspyre does feature a believing member in vocalist clay barton, who makes all the albums lyrical contributions. Gregg rossetti, guitars, midi sequencing, alto saxophone on tracks 3 and 11, tenor, saxophone on trac.
What to add, suspyre is an example of true profesionalism these days in prog metal zone, with all that quite unpopular here in pa and elsewhere, and for sure they need to be discovered by a wider auditorium because a. Since my main instrument is guitar, it seemed like the natural thing to do to now play guitar for suspyre, and find a replacement bassist. Coming out of nowhere, this young band managed to release an independent album that would shame a lot of the highly anticipated releases of 2005. After several years of hard work trapped in the dungeons of creating a heavy metal masterpiece, njny progressive metal band forevers edge have announced the return of singer clay barton suspyre for their sophomore album, hereafter, as well as bassist noah martin arsis clay barton comments. All arrangements by suspyre all lyrics by clay barton except track 9 by clay barton and diane distabile additional vocals on track 2 by rob desimone engineered, mixed, and edited by gregg rossetti and andrew distabile at erypsus studios in flemington, nj mastered by alan douches at west west side music in new windsor, ny artwork by teresa clark. Its been 4 years since their excellent when time fades. Five independent metal bands you should know about in 07.
Suspyre fallen stars online metal music video by suspyre. Rounding out the album are guest vocal appearances by clay barton suspyre and ralf scheepers primal fear, who lend their grittier flavorings to venom and strong respectively. A great divide is a music studio album recording by suspyre progressive. Clay barton brings a versatile, midoctave vocal style that occasionally hints at russell allen symophony x. Fresh on the power metal scene, forevers edge, formed by guitarist salvatore pisano, is supported by a power house of musicians including keyboardist mike khalilov empyreon, revolution renaissance, singer clay barton suspyre, bassist andrew distabile suspyre, and drummer frank godla empyreon, dividing light. New jersey prog metal act suspyre is set to officially release the bands new selftitled album tomorrow, april 10th. When suspyre started working on their first album, it was apparent that the direction of the music was beyond the capabilities of some of the members, and to realize the vision, changes were necessary. A great divide by suspyre, released 20 march 2007 1.
Suspyre is a progressive metal music album recording by suspyre released in 2012 on cd, lpvinyl andor cassette. There have been some changes in the suspyre camp since weve last seen them, and the band is now comprised of clay barton vocals, sam bhoot bass, andrew distabile guitar, gabriel marshall drums. Myers was replaced on the drum stool by sam paulicelli, clay barton. Suspyre have recently issued their second full length long player, a great divide.