Jazz Articles about Anomaly

Anomaly: Anomaly

by Scott Andrews
April 1, 2001

The Dutch quartet Anomaly plays crunchy, instrumental progressive metal with melodic development and intricate rhythms, a completely different band and style from the Florida, light prog rock Anomaly of Jim Studnicki and Jim Dorian that featured the rhythm section of Cynic.

Anomaly adroitly tackles the difficult task of writing engaging instrumental metal by utilizing the melodic roles of guitar, keyboards, and bass, in addition to their rhythmic roles ordinarily featured in heavy music. Solid riffs alternate with melodic passages, and ...