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Conclusion. Short compositions of an accessible nature without too many complex tendencies are what Everwood has chosen for their third full length album, a likeable brand of progressive metal that should find plenty of interested listeners, also outside of the art rock universe. It's not a production that will ever challenge or broaden your understanding of music, but it is an entertaining and well made specimen of its kind. And arguably an item that might fancy those who appreciate clever use of keyboards in progressive metal just as much as those fond of the less complex varieties of the genre.
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This time around the band has made some personnel changes, adding a new singer - Matyas Haraszti, as well as a new bassist - Sandor Kallai, while the core trio of guitar, drums and keyboard remains unchanged. This for me was a good idea, as those three musicians were always the highlight of Everwoods' music. What was lacking on the first two cds were quality vocals, and truly good songwriting, the instrumental displays were always pretty good. Here the new singer is actually bringing the band into a better place, though I might say that the band could use some inventive melody on the vocal lines assist in helping the music be more memorable. That has been the most qualifying ingredient to complete the top level progmetal bands overall sound, yes the instrumental aspects are important, and many obscure bands are doing impressive things with that, but most are missing the mark concerning melody and quality vocals.
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Making their Everwood debut are bassist Sandor Kallai, who acquits himself well and singer (and acoustic guitarist) Matyas Haraszti, whose varied vocal attack proves to me a major plus for the band. The music itself is also varied, veering from all out guitar assaults, to more restrained and melodic constructions. "Rain" chugs along on a stomping riff, blurting out time changes and splashes of colourful keyboard work, while the hook laden melody line in "Make Me Famous" pulls a manic vocal from Haraszti. All through the album Attila Tanczer sets an atmospheric backdrop through clever keyboard washes and motifs, while guitarist Ferenc Farkas turns up the intensity through his splendid display of six-string skills. However what really makes Without Saving a more interesting proposition is the sprinkling of less obvious songs throughout the classy Melodic Progressive Metal. "Free" slows things right down and with a female singer wouldn't have been out of place on the most recent Within Temptation opus, while "Insecure" sits on an ever changing drum pattern from Tamas Szabo to create a Funky, Poppy, string laden highlight. At every twist and turn Everwood offer up new ideas and approaches to ensure your attention never wanders. However to do it all in such a cohesive manner makes a strong collection of songs into an excellent album.
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Everwood recorded a very stable third album. All songs on Without Saving sound very professional and mature. Take for example the strong instrumental track Pieces. It shows that they can easily compete with every other band in the genre. The new album isn't a real concept album, but in a way the twelve songs are strongly related. They're all part of an inevitable journey through the voids and depths of the human soul. Without Saving is highly recommended to people who enjoy the music of bands as Enchant, Dream Theater or Symphony X.
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This is well crafted, well executed prog metal of a high standard . The 12 tracks on offer are a loose concept based on the depths of the human soul and during the album you certainly go through a range of emotions which reflects the bands recent history which appears to have been through a few changes. Going by this release though it would appear that Everwoods future looks bright.
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“Without Saving” is a good album for lovers of the more heavy side of progressive rock. The great thing about the music of Everwood is that the band manage to preserve melody in their music. The album is in balance and has enough diversity to maintain the attention of the listener.
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There's much to explore on Without Saving not the least of which is the modern rock felt on Experience This and the lovely ballad Free. Certainly they are strong examples of Matyas Haraszi's strong vocals. Everwood can be accessible, offering the catchy hooks that make melodic rock both friendly and entertaining. Such is the case with My Own Vision and Insecure, both of which offer up tempo rock with little complexity. Conversely, you'll hear a bit deeper melancholy in Rain. Notes of progressive can be found here. Likely candidates would include the bit Eastern influence within Walls, the metalish Can't Find, but most certainly in the instrumental Pieces. In the end, finding Everwood's Without Saving to be sophisticated, diverse, and eclectic melodic hard rock wouldn't be too far from the truth. Here's a solid album to get your head around, and that's likely challenging enough. Recommended.
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On this,their third album, the Hungarian melodic prog metal band EVERWOOD returns with a fresh new beginning,the first with the current lead vocalist,bassist and their first on California based ProgRock Records. Lead by founding member and keyboardist Attila Tanczer, the band has delivered a well crafted, thoughtful collection of songs that while not necessarily being a ”concept”album, do seem connected by similar themes of spirituality, day by day lessons learned and the search for the meaning of life, or at least a way to make sense of it all....I've listened to some of EVERWOOD's previous material and I'll have to say I like the direction they've taken, Matyas is a higher caliber vocalist than the former singer, good enunciation, nice & clear, no yelling or growling. All of the band members are quality musicians. The songs themselves are more polished, introspective, memorable. This album grows on you,I keep finding more to like. If you like a harder edge to your prog and a melodic side to your metal, I would recommend ”Without Saving”.
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