Inner Odyssey, The Void

I have kept coming back to Inner Odyssey's The Void since its release at the beginning of March. It’s such an intriguing and epic album. There's a lot to unpack and consume here. It’s just not possible to do in one or two listens. 

The band's self-described modern progressive music is both complex at the instrumental level and accessible at the vocal level without denying its ‘70s progressive rock classics roots. While Inner Odyssey certainly has technical prowess and offers up some 'modern guitar fireworks....and musical meat.....they are prone more to offering luscious space and colorful accents (The Progmind).' It's here where the band really shines. 

With each listen, I have picked up on more and have better understood the intentionality behind the band's musical decisions, especially as it relates to the concept of the album where the protagonist looks to escape the realities of a life including failures and loss by diving into and getting lost in a digital/gaming world. It all makes for a cinematic-like musical journey.

The first single from The Void, The Reckoning, offers up the full array of what this band is all about where ‘Sweepingly epic harmonies are pitched against the crunch and hefty riffs, melting into songs that combine heaviness, technical prowess and breath-taking melodies (Metal-Archives). 

The Void is definitely an early contender for my favorite album of the year.