Pyramid Theorem v. Beyond The Exosphere

[TAC]

Yeah, I'm only halfway through Freedom, and this is fantastic.

[johnnysuperfan]

Yeah, I'm only halfway through Freedom, and this is fantastic.

The opening track and Closer to the End are my favorites. The opener on the final track is interesting.

[TAC]

Finishing up Closer To The End.

Definitely my favorite so far. I love it!

[TAC]

I will have to wait until amazon music has this available in cd or digital.  I used to buy from iTunes, but the last 3 albums I bought would not completely download to my iTunes library.  Actually the titles downloaded, but some were blank for the music.

$7 on Bandcamp. Very easy to use. I can easily get whatever I buy from Bandcamp onto my iPod.

[TAC]

Wow, Intonate has a glorious ending.



Lots of Dream Theaterisms. And that's not a complaint.


Seems this drummer loves himself some Mike Portnoy.

[johnnysuperfan]

Wow, Intonate has a glorious ending.



Lots of Dream Theaterisms. And that's not a complaint.


Seems this drummer loves himself some Mike Portnoy.

TAC, since their debut album 8 years ago, what is your take on musically where they are today?

[TAC]

Wow, Intonate has a glorious ending.



Lots of Dream Theaterisms. And that's not a complaint.


Seems this drummer loves himself some Mike Portnoy.

TAC, since their debut album 8 years ago, what is your take on musically where they are today?

So what I really loved about their debut was their reverence to Hemispheres Era Rush. And while my initial comments about Elements Of Surprise were positive, I never revisited. Seemed like they tried to shorter songs, and honestly, I don't remember a thing about it.

After ONE listen to Beyond The Exosphere, the title track again nodded towards late 70's Rush.

I liked the songwriting on BtE. Especially Closer To the End, and while I did not care for the beginning of Freedom, it really turned into a cool song. And that outro to Intonate...WOW!

I like that there's some great melodic parts on this, but not at the expense of some longer passages, as EoS did.

But they went from straight out channeling Rush on the debut, to straight out channeling Dream Theater on BtE. I definitely look forward to another listen. I see they're on Bandcamp, so I'll order it on the next Bandcamp Friday.




Johnny, is this the same drummer?

[johnnysuperfan]

Wow, Intonate has a glorious ending.



Lots of Dream Theaterisms. And that's not a complaint.


Seems this drummer loves himself some Mike Portnoy.

TAC, since their debut album 8 years ago, what is your take on musically where they are today?

So what I really loved about their debut was their reverence to Hemispheres Era Rush. And while my initial comments about Elements Of Surprise were positive, I never revisited. Seemed like they tried to shorter songs, and honestly, I don't remember a thing about it.

After ONE listen to Beyond The Exosphere, the title track again nodded towards late 70's Rush.

I liked the songwriting on BtE. Especially Closer To the End, and while I did not care for the beginning of Freedom, it really turned into a cool song. And that outro to Intonate...WOW!

I like that there's some great melodic parts on this, but not at the expense of some longer passages, as EoS did.

But they went from straight out channeling Rush on the debut, to straight out channeling Dream Theater on BtE. I definitely look forward to another listen. I see they're on Bandcamp, so I'll order it on the next Bandcamp Friday.




Johnny, is this the same drummer?

Yes, same drummer Vito DeFranceso. Vito has some breakdown videos on YouTube.

The opening track Beyond The Exosphere in what I was thinking:

1) definitely Rush at the beginning 2) the vocal reminded me a lot of Kansas 3) Peart inspired drum solo 4) brief Kraftwerk vibe the keyboard part around 6 minutes 4) Opeth without the growls 5) Haken, DT and Rush for the ending.
 
Love the guitar tones throughout.

[jingle.boy]

After loving the first album, I guess for whatever reason I didn't spend a ton of time with Element Of Surprise. I have it, and I'll have to revisit it.

I remember being mostly disappointed with it. I may fire it up this afternoon while mowing the lawn (not a euphemism).

[nobloodyname]

After loving the first album, I guess for whatever reason I didn't spend a ton of time with Element Of Surprise. I have it, and I'll have to revisit it.

I remember being mostly disappointed with it. I may fire it up this afternoon while mowing the lawn (not a euphemism).

I enjoyed the videos they did for it but was disappointed by the brickwalling on the album. Makes it a tough listen.

[johnnysuperfan]

nice review by Tuonela Magazine:

http://tuonelamagazine.com/review-pyramid-theorem-beyond-the-exosphere/

Quote:
“Beyond the Exosphere” deserves to be explored by yourself, but if you are into bands like SYMPHONY X or AYREON, you should take a seat and enjoy the ride!

[T-ski]

Late to this party but glad I made it.  Good stuff.

[johnnysuperfan]

Late to this party but glad I made it.  Good stuff.

awesome, glad to have you aboard 

and TAC is right, "Intonate" such a powerful track, couldn't ask for a better closer to this album

[johnnysuperfan]

thank you Pyramid Theorem, very cool package bundle 

[a51502112]

Here's PT's drummer Vito on "Banger TV"... amazing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBGFy4EWHPE

[kirksnosehair]

Yeah, the mixing and mastering on this is really very good compared to the second album which I can't really listen to because of the super super loud mastering.  Would be awesome of the band would maybe re-mix and remaster that album because I think the material deserves to sound like BTE which is easily the best-sounding PT album

[johnnysuperfan]

Tune in to our YouTube channel on Tuesday, September 29th at 6pm EDT. and join the live listening party for our new album BEYOND THE EXOSPHERE!

Making a special guest appearance will be Richard Chycki, who produced and mixed the album!


https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN1w69Ignp3YGFogfyLoMbQ

[johnnysuperfan]

today at 6:00 pm eastern time on YouTube:

LIVE LISTENING PARTY with very special guest Richard Chycki, listening to BEYOND THE EXOSPHERE from top to bottom and talking about the whole recording experience 💥


https://youtu.be/oL0QHz20vrM

[Vlasto]

Insightfull interview about Beyond The Exosphere 
https://www.dabelly.com/features/feature682.htm

[TAC]

I literally listened to their first album last week.