Canvas Solaris - Cortical Tectonics - Sensory 

Instrumental albums are a difficult pill to swallow for some and when you throw in multiple progressions in the same song it becomes all the more difficult.  That is why I like Canvas Solaris, they take instrumentation and go so far with it.  This, their fourth overall release, finds them going even further than Penumbra Diffuse did.  Their time changes are so erratic and off balance that the run of the mill music fan would have trouble keeping up but prog fans are special.  I like the Zappa (Listen to Jazz From Hell) like feel of the six tracks here as it is leaps and bounds over traditional music that I find so boring sometimes.  These guys are masters with their instruments, not conforming to any style or rules.  Now I did say prog metal but there is so much more here than that with Acid Jazz influences amongst others.  For the adventurist music lover, you will not find a better CD.  

Buy it here: http://www.amazon.com/Cortical -Tectonics-Canvas-Solaris/dp /B000PKG626/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1 /105-9791357-9546054?ie=UTF8&s =music&qid=1189572032&sr=8-1 

CD review by Jeffrey Easton