Their dynamic stage presence overflows into the audience and fans have often said that they feel like they had been invited to a private jam session with the band. LUMINOTHs band members have a tight integrated chemistry on stage and this is readily apparent to their audience. Luminoth is melodic and harmonious but with a thunderous metal drive. One local radio station DJ described Luminoth as THE DOORS on metal. LUMINOTHs unique sound is a result of their varied music backgrounds which include everything from metal, punk, blues, jazz, and classic rock-n-roll. LUMINOTH has shared a stage with SEVENDUST, 10 YEARS, Black Tide, Art of Dying, Hell or Highwater, DROWNING POOL and OPIATE The Audio and Visual Experience of TOOL.Īs fans and radio disc jockeys can attest to they are hard to categorize into an alternative subgenre. They have played the Rockstar Energy Drink UPROAR Festival Indy date 2011 and also the Ernie Ball Stage in VAN'S WARPED TOUR 2011 and in 2009. LUMINOTH is a four-man alternative/progressive rock band based out of Knoxville, TN. Metro Pulse Magazine - Scripts Interactive Newspaper Group Knoxville, TN The art-thrash of “Serial Crusher Theory” near the end of the disc is a highlight, and suggests Luminoth might be best at a more intense pace than the mid-tempo Tool-style dirges that make up most of Cabal. It all fits together surprisingly well-singer Adam Henry seems comfortable with both the emotive X-rock choruses and the band’s artier leanings, and the instrumental work (by guitarist Jason Henry, bassist John Springer, and drummer Paul McGee) is as catchy as it is cerebral.
The band anchors a fairly accessible set of modern-rock songs with jazzy rhythms, oddball time signatures, and wonky instrumental breaks (like the Zappa-esque guitar solo in “The Journey”). It’s the perfect setup for listening to this sophomore album from local prog geeks Luminoth, who seem to have absorbed influence from all of the above. I’ve been reading Jeff Wagner’s Mean Deviation: Four Decades of Progressive Heavy Metal, a history of nerd metal that starts with Rush and King Crimson and runs through Queensrÿche, Fates Warning, and Dream Theater to Cynic, Atheist, and Opeth.
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