The Unravelling is an eclectic progressive rock/metal duo from Calgary, Canada. Inspired by diverse artists such as Dead Can Dance, Tool, Opeth, Nine Inch Nails, Arcana, Jeff Buckley and Dillinger Escape Plan, the Unravelling’s music ranges from the engaging and inviting to the aggressive and threatening. The music is intended to be both cathartic and inspiring. A confidante of the band remarked that “The Unravelling sounds like the illegitimate love child of Lisa Gerrard And Zack de la Rocha”. Pure Grain Audio describes their sound as ”tactfully diverse music that’s overflowing with a bloodthirsty passion.” Music Connection Magazine named them in their top 25 new music picks of 2009.

The project’s founder and instrumentalist, Gustavo De Beauville, composes and records the music while singer Steve Moore (of Inner Surge & Post Death Soundtrack) writes the lyrics and vocal parts. In order to take their music from the studio to the stage, they have recruited two other professional Calgary musicians, solidifying The Unravelling’s live lineup. Having moved to Calgary from Barbados in 2006, Gus spent the greater part of 2007 composing the material for the first album. “Until meeting Steve in the fall of 2008 – I had not met any musicians who were this driven and hungry for progress. He definitely inspired me to be as industrious as I could in the pursuit of music.” says De Beauville.

The debut full length album “13 Arcane Hymns”, a psycho-analytical concept album in the tradition of Pink Floyd’s “The Wall”, Nine Inch Nails’s “The Downward Spiral” and Faith no More’s “Angeldust”, is slated for a 2009 release. The album features many reoccuring lyrical themes, particularly the theme of being buried alive and presumed dead, then crawling your way out, and “moving forward”. Stalker Magazine calls the album “an excellent debut”, while Pitch Black Magazine calls the album “a 13-track emotional and industrial-infused metal masterpiece”. Music Connection Magazine says “The weapons-grade riffage and wailing vocals make a serious impact.”

The band has already been featured on a variety of metal and rock programs and magazines such as Music Connection Magazine, Pure Grain Audio, Pitch Black Magazine, NMX Radio, the Autopsy Report, Prog’opolis, Stalker Magazine, Evolution Rock, Clown Magazine, Audio Absinthe and Metal Invasion.
In advance of the CD release, music can be heard at www.theunravellingmusic.com. Check out the Blazing Minds interview with The Unravelling.

Quoted from the Official website.

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