I hope it's as good as Flying Colors!
FTFY
Anyways... Collin sure has been busy since not touring with Neal...I wonder if he misses it? I still have yet to hear Affector's album, but I've heard good things about it. THIS band, however, sure has an interesting line-up. I've only heard of Dec thru Frost*, only know about Threshold (never actually heard them), and I've never even heard of Darkwater, and I know of POS but very little of them.
The way it sounds, this will be some intense metal music with prog thrown in, and I know these guys probably have great chops, so it'll be interesting to hear them play together. I love it when bands like this happen because when a fan knows one or two of the members, they're likely to pick it up and then go "Hmm, these guys are good! I wonder what else they're doing/they've done", and subsequently, open the door to the individual members' other bands/projects/albums! Transatlantic did that for me 8 years ago and I discovered SOOOO much music thru those four members.
-Marc.
Go get Affector asap. One of my top albums of the year
If you like Frost*, check out Dec's solo albums as well as Darwin's Radio. Dec has a couple songs out on SoundHound.
If you like prog-
metal, then Threshold is something to check out. I'd put it in the vein of Evergrey, Circus Maximus (at least, compared to 1st Chapter and Isolate) etc ... There's the Damian Wilson albums, and the Andrew "Mac" MacDermott albums. IMO, can't go wrong with any of them. I'm absolutely loving their latest release (I'd rank it higher than Harmagedon as far as 2012 releases go, and both higher than FC), which is more proggy than any of their previous 8 (9?) albums.
Darwkater I've heard bits and pieces of. I think Nem is a huge fan.
I'm a big fan of Gildenlow's work, but only so-so on PoS.
TAC... seriously? FC was a disappointment for you!?!?