Written for Ellie Shepherd, for her 21st birthday - I hope you enjoy it!
Space-themed instrumental progressive metal focusing on low-end polythyms. The purpose of this project is to experiment with rhythm, tone and composition whilst sounding heavy, melodic and slightly atmospheric.
The Solstice albums are so-called because I intend them to be released within a year of each other; Part I features a suite focusing on (micro) tonal experimentation, whilst Part II will focus more on serialism.
credits
released August 18, 2011
Joe Richards (composition, instrumentation, production).
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