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be enough reason for
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tening to The Pixies,
shop for good. Yet, local
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prog/power
metal
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band, Ion Vein, has
Foo Fighters. While
somehow persevered.
all eight tunes are
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in the '90s underself-titled
album
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sibility in the strucsions of the band's two
turing to potentially attract alternative and
previous EPs. The guitar bite of Chris
dedicated indie rock afficianos (faceLotesto, the powerful vocals of Scott
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Featherstone, and the rhythmic attack of
– Andy Argyrakis
bassist Rob Such and drummer Chuck
White propels Ion Vein's energetic sound.
On their vinyl EP Spirit Visions,
The band's perfect blend of thrash, power
Vanishing Kids display their dynamic
and prog-metal shows its influences well.
musical pallete. They shift shape effortCD-opener, "Fools Parade," immediatelessly between trippy, psychedelic rock
ly sets the tone with its furious pace.
("Fire Dances," "Mother Earth") and groove
"Enough" shows off the band's modern
happy, lo-fi spaz outs ("The Unlit Path").
prog metal influences of bands such as
The music is dreamy and ethereal one
Dream Theater and Queensrÿche, while
moment and basement-show weird in the
"Anger Inside" challenges for the heaviest
next breath over the course of two tightly
song on the album, consisting of some
focused, tautly played album sides. (vancrunchy riffs, quick-paced rhythms and a
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