The track is from their LP The Form and Fate of Lakes, so with nothing more than a quick check of band, song and album names, you know you’re dealing with troublemakers. Stream or buy here, from their last.fm page.

The cut is beautiful, yet remarkably tense. We often take for granted upcoming shifts in rhythm or time signatures, but this piece pushes to keep our backs against the ropes. Like the title suggests, the guitars tend toward metal, but that description falls far short, and is too loaded with connotations. This is a composition, not a rock song, and is as influenced by jazz and classical as by Ronnie James Dio.

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