{"id":66512,"date":"2017-06-07T13:00:10","date_gmt":"2017-06-07T18:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.toiletovhell.com\/?p=66512"},"modified":"2017-06-07T06:34:42","modified_gmt":"2017-06-07T11:34:42","slug":"get-proggy-with-fox-territory-and-kairon-irse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toiletovhell.com\/get-proggy-with-fox-territory-and-kairon-irse\/","title":{"rendered":"Get Proggy with Fox Territory and Kairon; IRSE!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I occasionally\u00a0branch out and find good music outside of the heavy metal category.\u00a0Sometimes it’s good and sometimes it’s not. It’s best not to stray too far from the herd, and so progressive rock is a pretty safe bet (minus Dream Theater). The bands which fall under the “progressive” category tend to catch my ear right away, but there are a ton of different sub-genres underneath this umbrella, and therefore a million bands to investigate. So let me do the investigating for\u00a0you and recommend two progressive acts, both heavy in completely different ways:<\/p>\n

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Fox Territory<\/strong> – Degressive Fusion<\/em> (2017)<\/p>\n

Earlier this month a Czech band called Fox Territory “hand-delivered” some promotional materials to the blog\u00a0(essentially introducing themselves and recommending somebody check out their music). It was sincere, friendly, and funny; which made a great impression. They’ve got the quality tunes to back it up, so here we are!<\/p>\n

Degressive Fusion<\/em> is a math-core \/ jazz \/ instrumental \/ rock-n-roll good time. One might initially guess we’re discussing an Animals As Leaders<\/strong> rip-off, but that turns out to not be the\u00a0case at all. These musicians are focused on getting you to bang your head and tap your toes with a constant goal of\u00a0simply rocking out. They’re quite talented as well, often employing jazz-ier techniques in the song structures and also in the riffs themselves. Often times Fox Territory flirts with speed-metal-esque tempos, for instance in my favorite track “Country Strike” (I mean, there’s a teeny bit of\u00a0Megadeth<\/strong> in there… right?):<\/p>\n