Product Description

The Atomized Dream' is the fourth full length release from this Georgia based instrumental metal band. With a new expanded lineup, the Canvas Solaris 'sound' continues to evolve.

The band has shown tremendous growth since their beginnings in 1999,

Track Listing

1. Binaural Beat
2. Reflections Carried to Mirror
3. Chromatic Dusk
4. Patterns Spiral into Swarm
5. Heat Distortion Manifest
6. Photovoltaic
7. Solar Droid
8. Unknowable and Defeating Glow

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #221959 in Music
• Brand: Canvas
• Released on: 2008-06-10
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .12 pounds

Customer Reviews

weirdly wonderful
Certainly not easy listening, rather what Jonas Hellborg calls "Art Metal". Odd meters, dazzling guitarbreaks, new age like synths, heavy metal riffs, avantgarde chords, it's all here. Very much like Cynic, but (fortunately) without the growls.

Immensely varied, often going from the wild and frenzied to the quiet and introspective, seemingly without any connecting passages. And definitely there seems to be more going on musically in one minute of Canvas Solaris' compositions than in whole CDs from more mainstream acts.

Should appeal to fans of Frank Zappa/Steve Vai,Robert Fripp/King Crimson, Shawn Lane, Hellborg and lovers of experimental and avantgardish music.

Only problem: you have to listen attentively, otherwise it just sounds like noise, lol.

Canvas Solaris - Continue To Expand Their Sound
Canvas Solaris are an all instrumental progressive rock / metal band that has put out several quality albums and is gaining a growing following in the south United States. These guys started out as pretty much a straight progressive metal outfit, but over the course of the past several albums have branched out into a bunch of different directions. "The Atomized Dream" is literally all over the place musically incorporating progressive, metal, math rock, dreamy soundcapes, and just plain weirdness. The band are all very technically proficient and extremely talented musicians. This is not easy listening music and requires at least some level of concentration on the listener's part. They are a young band on the rise and one to keep an eye on.

Canvas Solaris Deliver with Newest Album
I'm really too lazy to write out a whole review for this CD, but if you liked their previous CDs, you'll definitely love this one. Great buy, must listen.

However, I must give you a warning. If you haven't heard this band before, you might want to ask yourself if you are a person capable of sitting down and listening to music for the pure sake of listening to it. I have found from all of Canvas Solaris' CDs, that you really have to focus while listening to appreciate the whole value of the CD. That's not to say it isn't good music to just listen to while doing other things, but at some point your going to want to listen to the CD with all your focus on the music. They're songs are just so cram-full of intricacies, and the layers of instruments is purely amazing.