Sifting - anyone like these guys?

[Samsara]

On Sunday night, I had on Liquid Metal on Sirius, and the band Sifting comes on. I had never heard of them before. Heard a great riff, proggy stuff, and then a singer who is clearly influenced by Avenged Sevenfold, and then older metal. I looked them up, an LA-based prog metal band that hails from Venezuela, I believe.

Came on here, and saw that Stads saw them open for Sons of Apollo?

The opening act, The Sifting, wasn't earth-shattering, but they were WAY better than they should have been for an opening act on a three-act bill in a club with 500, 750 people tops.   Singer was a little over the top, and he has to work on his sound (he was throwing shapes like a madman, but it was as if his guitar wasn't plugged in.  Loses it's effect!) but I would check them out again.

I listened to their last two albums (I prefer the 2017 release Not From Here), and think they have a lot of promise. Anyone else diggin' these guys? I went to their website to buy their catalog, and its not accepting online orders, which is weird. Got a message to contact the band through the website. So I sent them a note yesterday. Waiting to hear.

Here's a link to their album Not From Here on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIr9KhX9zVU&list=OLAK5uy_nAVOIRP9mRUCDSoHt-VPBNZ5-ft4YNPR0

[TAC]

I have The Infinite Loop, Not From Here, and All The Hated in my Spotify Library. Yes they are very good.

[Architeuthis]

I saw them open for Sons of Apollo at The Showbox in 2018.  They were quite good especially their guitar player. The singer was good but seemed a bit WAVY for a prog metal type band.  I met all of them after the show and bought their cd.  They were all very cool guys.   Unlike my encounter with Derek Sherenian shortly after, lol!