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Iris Divine is a great and young band from Alexandria V.A. USA, they really know how to mix prog and heavy metal with pop music and alternative rock. This selftitled EP show us just a little bit of their capabilities and musical talent.
With strong and soft/sweet vocals when needed, a very tight and powerful rhythm section; the guitar solos are awesome in technique, melody and structure, and the riffs are hard and contagious too!!. This guys can give us some sort of “rollercoaster feelings”, from melancholy and sweetness to rage and aggression.
The vocal harmonies are very well asembled, the songs sructure are some kind of “AB-AB” with a large or short “C” part in between that makes the song sound like another one inside, woth hooks here and in the choruses as well!! GREAT JOB!!
Talking about production… well… What can I say?? It sounds great!!. And I insist!! This new era of “Home studios” or Indie recording is what we have to do now!! It’s a great job from Iris Divine, the mixing job is great and everything is in the right place and sounding!!
Iris Divine Lineup:
Lead singer/guitarists, Navid Rashid and Farhad Hossain (who also does double-duty on keyboards), along with bassist Brian Dobbs, and drummer Tanvir Tomal.
CHECK 'EM on www.myspace.com/irisdivine
Really guys don’t miss’em and enjoy, they worth it!! I MEAN IT!!!!
Stay prog and in tune for more reviews and interviews (coming soon)!!!
Cheers from Mexico City!!!..... Your Friend
Luis Salinas
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