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^ Nah, it definitely belongs in a prog list, although its not prog in the 70's sense. Its the technicality of the riffs, the nuances on some of the individual songs and the overall theme of the record that qualifies it.

Anyway, I'm looking forward to everyone else's thoughts on Countdown To Extinction, but seeing as its Sunday, I'll go ahead and announce next album in case people wanted a different album to jump into for the club. Using a random number generator I ended up landing on number 70, which is-


Advent - Cantus Firmus (2006)

This one is definitely more in the 70's prog-rock vein, and a long time favorite of mine. Think classic Gentle Giant mixed with a 90's neo-prog ambient aesthetic, sprinkled with some Trepass-era Genesis pastorality for kicks. This mixture results in a unique atmosphere, and it definitely sounds like the missing "epic" styled album that the Shulman brothers never did in their heyday.

After this album, we'll go back to the methodology where we take turns week-by-week in bringing several albums to the table that people have the option to review, and we'll stick to the abbreviated version of Trollheart's review matrix US and I used above for these future reviews as well.

On another note, I'd love people to think up new things we could be doing with this club to make it more engaging and bring in more contributing core members, so feel free to offer your suggestions between all the album reviewing.

Besides YouTube, I'm pretty sure Cantus Firmus is streamable/downloadable in all kinds of places. You can also stream and/or buy the album from their official BandCamp page here: http://advent-prog.bandcamp.com/album/cantus-firmus

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