{"id":5158,"date":"2015-04-20T19:44:30","date_gmt":"2015-04-20T19:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/administrator_wordpress\/index.php\/2015\/04\/20\/prog-metal-band-odins-court-release-new-music-video-in-support-of-their-latest-album-turtles-all-the-way-down\/"},"modified":"2015-04-20T19:44:30","modified_gmt":"2015-04-20T19:44:30","slug":"prog-metal-band-odins-court-release-new-music-video-in-support-of-their-latest-album-turtles-all-the-way-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2015\/04\/20\/prog-metal-band-odins-court-release-new-music-video-in-support-of-their-latest-album-turtles-all-the-way-down\/","title":{"rendered":"Prog Metal Band Odin’s Court Release New Music Video in Support of Their Latest Album Turtles All The Way Down"},"content":{"rendered":"

USA based progressive rock and metal band Odin’s Court’s released their 5th full length album Turtles All the Way Down on March 3, 2015, and it has been well received by the press and fans alike. The album deals with ideas and questions relating to the entire universe and mankind\u2019s place in it, using the idiom \u201cTurtles All the Way Down\u201d to describe the challenge of having to solve a new problem every time an old problem is solved. <\/div>\n
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Turtles All the Way Down continues to elicit positive buzz from the press:<\/div>\n
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\u201cThe band plays heavy rock inundated with catchy guitar riffs, cool keyboard passages, and excellent lead vocals\u2026the music is so well played, upbeat and catchy as any rock\/metal album I have heard in a while. An excellent heavy rock album that should have tremendous crossover.\u201d \u2013 Sea of Tranquility<\/div>\n
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\u201cThe strengths are undoubtedly singing, orchestration, and the work on the guitars. Here is an album for all progressive metal fans and all fans of metal and progressive music. It is highly recommended listening!\u201d \u2013 MusicInBelgium.net<\/div>\n
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\u201cGood lyrics, beautiful melodies, and the album is very well organized.\u201d \u2013 RockPortaal.nl<\/div>\n
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Check out the newest video single from the album \u201cAnd the Answer Is\u2026\u201d here: https:\/\/youtu.be\/75wcSNhSYAA <\/a>;<\/div>\n
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\u201cAnd the Answer Is\u2026\u201d deals with an individual\u2019s attempt at coping and trying to understand mankind\u2019s origins and beyond.<\/div>\n
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Band leader Matt Brookins comments: \u201cThe latest single \u2018And the Answer Is\u2026\u2019 deals with the internal thought process people go through as they try to figure out their place in the universe. Attempts at handling the vast scope are a big part of this, because infinity is a concept the human mind has a hard time grasping. Sometimes we think we have things figured out, then we dig deeper and our thought process spirals out of control leaving us as confused as ever. In my specific case, I remember a \u2018lazy Sunday\u2019 as a teenager laying on the floor in the sunshine. I fell asleep, but it was that special kind of \u2018asleep while awake\u2019 state, where you are conscious and controlling your thoughts\u2026trying to maintain the balance of being aware so you don\u2019t wake yourself up, but also continuing to crunch data in that serene state. I remember thinking \u2018that\u2019s it! I\u2019ve figured it out!\u201d only to wake up, and promptly lose everything. I was aware enough while asleep to remember, when I woke, that I was thinking about the meaning of it all and had figured it out \u2013 but somewhere between the lucidity of dreaming and waking, I lost the actual answer.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Odin’s Court is a Maryland, USA based Metal and Rock band that was formed by Matt Brookins in 2001. The band was signed to ProgRock Records in 2008 releasing 4 albums worldwide. They released their latest album Turtles All the Way Down independently in 2015 through their own label D2C Studios. The current line up started gigging in 2013, and has the following live dates confirmed thus far for 2015:<\/div>\n
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May 5 \u2013 NJ Proghouse \u2013 Dunellen, NJ \u2013 With Inside Out Recording Artist Enchant<\/div>\n
May 6 \u2013 Fish Head Cantina \u2013 Baltimore, MD \u2013 With Inside Out Recording Artist Enchant<\/div>\n
May 7 \u2013 Empire \u2013 Springfield, VA (Washington DC) \u2013 With Inside Out Recording Artist Enchant<\/div>\n
May 8 \u2013 120 Tavern \u2013 Atlanta, GA \u2013 With Inside Out Recording Artist Enchant<\/div>\n
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More press highlights for Turtles All the Way Down:<\/div>\n
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\u201cSome great songs with great passion and melody, expressive vocals, intense use of keyboards, and precise guitar work combined with progressive drumming. Moods are created and then create an atmosphere … at certain points you get goosebumps. This is a band that definitely gets far too little attention in the global scene.\u201d \u2013 Heavy-Metal.de<\/div>\n
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\u201cWith pipes in the Jon Anderson\u2019s range (Dimetrius LaFavors), and progressive rock music with a semi-metallic shine, Odin\u2019s Court is a worthy listen \u2014 and with more listening, the band tends to grow on you.\u201d \u2013 Goldmine Magazine<\/div>\n
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\u201cThe very first impressions make it clear that the band has stayed true to itself while still delivering detail-loving, sensitive, emotional art that ensnares the listener with beautiful hooks.\u201d \u2013 PowerMetal.de<\/div>\n
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\u201cThe twin guitar work, which sees Brookins team up with Rick Pierpont is a real feature, and this is an album that prog fans should be hunting down.\u201d \u2013 The-Rocker.co.uk<\/a><\/div>\n
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\u201cThe album is far from derivative, it\u2019s fresh and varied enough to hold your attention, the production is faultless, composition is well thought out, and everything sits exactly where it should, there\u2019s nothing jarring or out of place.\u201d \u2013 Amplified Newsletter<\/div>\n
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\u201cOdin\u2019s Court actually creates a very pleasant racket, where the music is rooted in progressive metal but which borrows liberally from the power metal and melodic hard rock genres. It is an enjoyable listen if not an entirely essential addition to your collection.\u201d \u2013 Powerplay Magazine<\/div>\n
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\u201cOdin\u2019s Court have crafted a classy and enjoyable album that \u2026 adds just enough progressive elements to please the ever elusive \u2018Prog Snobs\u2019.\u201d \u2013 Lady Obscure<\/div>\n
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\u201cThe highlight of the album is the lead playing of Matt Brookins and Rick Pierpont, of which there is plenty. Both in the breaks in songs, and the several instrumentals, they take turns playing richly melodic solos.\u201d \u2013 Bloody Good Horror<\/div>\n
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\u201cTurtles All The Way Down” is an excellent polished heavy rock album that should have tremendous crossover appeal for fans outside the prog genre while still retaining a complexity and high level of musicianship that fans of melodic progressive rock are searching for.\u00a0 Odin’s Court is a great band, I mean great, believe me.\u00a0 So this is Highly Recommended for all metal-related fans, including progsters, hard rockers and even lovers of the harder side of AOR.\u201d \u2013 0DayRox<\/div>\n
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\u201cOdin’s Court excels in two areas beyond the average: a singer who perfectly embodies the ideal of progressive singer and a guitarist who has a melodic taste out of the ordinary: Dimetrius LaFavors, and the all-rounder Matt Brookins.\u201d \u2013 HardSounds.it<\/div>\n
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\u201cThe guys have made the record of their lives.\u201d ProgWereld.com<\/div>\n
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\u201cThe album sits at the more melodic and accessible end of the Prog Metal Spectrum. For those who like their Rock a bit more technical, there\u2019s enough on offer to show these guys know how to play, yet the album seems to constantly on the build to the epic seventeen minute closer.\u201d \u2013 Fireworks Magazine<\/div>\n
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\u201cA truly impressive effort, with solid songwriting and outstanding musicianship. Terrific melodic prog\/metal that gets better with every listen!\u201d \u2013 USA Progressive Music<\/div>\n
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\u201c4.5 out of 5: Turtles All the Way Down is an exceptional album of classic melodic progressive rock and metal\u2026Easily recommended.\u201d \u2013 Danger Dog<\/div>\n
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\u201cOdin’s Court mixes metal and hard rock to a tasty menu that you can enjoy anytime.\u201d \u2013 Proggies.ch<\/div>\n
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Here is what some Odin\u2019s Court fans have been saying about the new album:<\/div>\n
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\u201cThe latest release touches taste buds of a well-seasoned palette in all the right ways. Great songs, great lyrics, great performances. Delicious. Judge for yourself and give this band a try. Support the Arts!\u201d \u2013 Facebook User<\/div>\n
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\u201cIt is most definitely the best Odin’s Court has sounded to date. The compositions, the execution, the production, the mix – all great. And the geek element. Cannot forget the geek element.\u201d \u2013 Amazon Customer Review<\/div>\n
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\u201cWhat the hell are the folks up in the DC area eating and drinking? The A Sound of Thunder and Iris Divine projects and now this? Whatever it is, I’ll have seconds. Just another quality result here.\u201d \u2013 Ultimate Metal Forums<\/div>\n
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To purchase Odin’s Court Turtles All the Way Down CD:<\/div>\n
http:\/\/www.OdinsCourtBand.Com\/store.html <\/a>;<\/div>\n
http:\/\/odinscourt.bandcamp.com\/merch<\/a><\/div>\n
http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B00R82X2QC\/ <\/a>;<\/div>\n
http:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/album\/id951784646 <\/a>;<\/div>\n
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Odin’s Court:<\/div>\n
Matt Brookins \u2013 Guitarist, Keyboardist, Vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist<\/div>\n
Rick Pierpont \u2013 Guitarist and Backing Vocalist<\/div>\n
Dimetrius LaFavors \u2013 Vocalist<\/div>\n
Gary Raub \u2013 Drummer, Percussionist, and Backing Vocalist<\/div>\n
Jason Pierpont \u2013 Bassist<\/div>\n

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www.OdinsCourtBand.com <\/a><\/div>\n

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