Eyeless is a progressive melodic death metal outfit that I recently stumbled across while perusing myspace music out of boredom, and I'm satisfied with what I found. In spirit, they are incredibly reminiscent of Gorod and Opeth. A tech-death sound that goes out of it's way to be 'tasteful'. There is no pointless dickwaving or overuse of figures or riffs. It's all very... mature. Newer technical death is much to concerned with showing off their ability to play rather than actually compose music. There are moments of awkward thrashy/grind very akin to Dying Fetus, only without the daddy-issues attitude problem. There are middle-eastern chords and melodies over heavy blastbeats akin to Nile, there are old school riffs over atmospheric chords akin to every black metal band to ever exist, and then there are technical riffs held up by old school fundamentals akin to Decapitated. It's incredibly awkward to describe, as you can see. A good example of their range has to be track 3, the ambient Opeth-style ballad 'Hollow'. It's incredibly simplistic, nothing to distract the listener from the mood and the atmosphere being set. The title track 'The All Seeing Eye' is one of the most interesting metal tracks I've heard in a while, including a 'swing 8ths' jazzy section. I'll admit the improvised guitar solo is a little dry, but for a metal band, this come out of essentially nowhere, with a 'straight 8ths' ballad-y moment immediately preceding it. The transition is incredibly odd, but it creates an interesting contrast if nothing else. With new bands stepping up and playing fresh adolescent angry Deathcore and Tech Death, trying to show off and prove to SOMEONE that they can do SOMETHING good in their lives or at least musically. A degree of self-respect, humility and maturity makes all the difference. Honestly just give it a try, you'll be surprised.
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