SPOCK'S BEARD : The Oblivion Particle

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SPOCK'S BEARD TO RELEASE 12TH STUDIO ALBUM IN AUGUST; ARTWORK REVEALED

Legendary progressive-rockers, Spock's Beard, have announced that their brand new 12th studio album, The Oblivion Particle, is set for release on the August 21st, and you can view the artwork for it below.

According to bassist Dave Meros, it's not a matter of how much the new album recalls past Spock's material, but how much it differs. "I think the opening track, “Tides Of Time” is classic Spock's in terms of arrangement and style, but everything else is fairly different. That said, the whole album is still within the parameters of what people expect to hear from us."

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Spock's Beard's forthcoming new studio album The Oblivion Particle is the follow-up to 2013's Brief Nocturnes And Dreamless Sleep. The album finds the band answering the needs of their creations by utilizing the considerable versatility of each member. In addition to Ted Leonard's soaring vocals and Dave Meros' distinctive bass, Alan Morse adds autoharp, banjolele, electric sitar and mandolin to his array of instruments, drummer Jimmy Keegan takes over lead vocals on "Bennett Built A Time Machine" and Ryo expands his arsenal of keyboard sounds throughout the album. In addition, virtuoso Kansas violinist David Ragsdale lends his touch to the album's majestic closer, "Disappear”.
 
Fantastic news! I firmly believe that this band will do no wrong as long as Ted's singing with them.


Stay metal. Never rust.
Albert
 
It's been deep somewhere on my list of things to check out, but I'll give it a listen. I used to listen to early Spock's Beard a lot, but sort of drifted away from them.

I'm the same, this kind of prog just doesn't appeal to me anymore like it once did