Bayond The Labyrinth.

[Wyvern]

I think it's time to pimp the band in here.

Gert got into them by the time of their debut "Signs". Now into their third album the band had showed time and again that they deliver a really good progressive metal sound.

Since the debut and first through MySpace and now Facebook I had a close contact with the guitar player and main composer Geert Fieuw. The guy is so cool that by the time of the second album he autographed the copy I bought and now he send me the third CD before I even pay!

I think they have a nice sound of their own mostly due to the vocals of Jo De Boeck. I also think they should be material for PPUSA or PP Europe (they already played in the showcase of PPE in 2001).

In this day and age when upcoming artists are all for digital downloads among battles by iTunes, Spotify, the labels and so. It's great to see people not only recording CDs but taking care of their music distribution reaching their audience as directly as can be outside a live gig.

Recommended to be check.

http://www.beyond-the-labyrinth.com/Beyond_The_Labyrinth_official_site/Home.html
http://www.facebook.com/Beyond.The.Labyrinth
http://www.reverbnation.com/beyondthelabyrinth

 

[Ayreonaut]

Everybody is entitled to their opinion and this is mine:

Seen them twice, they bored me twice. Too me there is nothing special about this band, or maybe that they have a terrible stage presence.
Their singer is mediocre at best. First time i saw them was opening for Threshold, 2nd time was opening for Pagan's Mind a few months back.
They had not grown/improved in this time...
Maybe they are okay on cd and i am certain they are nice people, but their liveshows have not convinced me enough to find out.

My plea to Rene: If booked, please early in the morning or during dinnertime... and book some tech death band to make up for this band.

 

[Cello]

I am unfortunately with Alex on this one. Seen them live twice and they failed to impress me both times. Because they failed to impress me live I never bothered to buy their albums, so maybe they sound better on record, but their live performances just had me hanging out at the bar and waiting for the next band.