I came across this amazing review from the band's Instagram account today written by a well respected metal journalist, Drew Masters who founded M.E.A.T. magazine (that's how I discovered Dream Theater in 1992 - M.E.A.T) so I wanted to post it here, awesome for the band to receive this recognition:
"12/16/2017 > "5/4 Fest, Day 1" featuring PYRAMID THEOREM + DEVOURING SATURN @ Rivoli, TO > "Seems the city that in the 1970's produced some of the Canada's, if not the world's, most acclaimed prog acts (Rush, Saga, FM, Zon, Max Webster) is at is again!… on this night I was only able to catch 2 bands, the first of which was DEVOURING SATURN… with 8 & 7 string guitars, a 6 string bass plus keys, this rising band's influences were primarily Meshuggah, Between The Buried And Me, and the like… while I found most of their tracks to be 'of the moment' tonally, I did however thoroughly enjoy the tracks extended lengths… the overall dynamics were terrific, with many tracks consisting of both fierce and soft moments… most of DS's material is 2-3 years old, but what stood out were tracks they've yet to release, so 2018 should be a move-forward year for this act… they were followed by the absolutely amazing PYRAMID THEORM, a magnificent 4-piece band that recently placed 2nd overall in the nationwide "WACKEN METAL BATTLE 2017" contest… opening with a virtually-note-and-drum-perfect rendition of Rush's "Limelight" (wow!), it set the stage for a bombastic wave of mind-blowing majestic original material to follow, most of which came from their latest CD "Element Of Surprise"… alongside me observing PT was renown studio mix engineer Richard Chycki (Rush, Dream Theater, Aerosmith) who cleverly observed that virtuoso guitarist SAM ERMELLINI was a kind of "prog Phil X" and I couldn't agree more!… I was glued to Sam's incredible effortless playing… I dare state that Sam is the most talented pure prog-rock guitarist this city has produced since the 70s' heyday of Lifeson, Mitchell, and Crichton... and along with his equally talented band mates — CHRISTIAN DI MAMBRO (bass/vocals); STEPHAN DI MAMBRO (keys); and VIC DEE (drums) — this act is pumping out simply incredible, high-energy new-age prog metal (and they're only going to get better!)… in the short time I've seen them, this band is growing rapidly... vocals, once their achilles, have tastefully evolved to match their instrumentation... and their performance is now ready for a worldwide stage... all this act needs is a (HUGE) break!… so while the world en masse is engrossed in hiphop, it's great to see that being exceptionally talented and progressive on rock instruments is still important, and even greater to see Toronto as one of the world leaders"
PYRAMID THEOREM >
https://www.facebook.com/pyramidtheoremDEVOURING SATURN >
https://www.facebook.com/devouringsaturn/"