Mythologic - Standing in Stillness. 2003 USA-Pennsylvania

I've waxed on about Erie, Pennsylvania's Leger de Main in the past. Their debut was a personal favorite of the mid 90s, and represents a soundtrack of a time and place for me. After that, I more or less lost track of the band. I loyally picked up albums involving the band, but didn't really give them much attention beyond an initial play or two, and then filed deep into the abyss of the ever growing collection. And here we are some 15+ years later revisiting the CD, and I had no memory whatsoever, though at least I had it properly categorized with my metal collection.

In effect Standing in Stillness is Leger de Main with an additional metal guitarist. The Rodler family (Melissa Blair now married in) are joined by a one Steve Matusik, who was with a local Erie metal band called Andeavor. But the music is clearly a Rodler product, and their style of instrumental progressive rock is all over this. Now with the metal guitar sound, we move from a Yes influence to that of Fates Warning perhaps. Works for me! Melissa's vocals are the same as ever, strangely even more subdued than on Leger de Main's works. Each track is chock full of ideas and flow nicely. This is a prog rock album with metal elements, not the other way around. Well worth investigating for prog metal fans, and especially those who enjoyed the Leger de Main albums and can stomach metal guitars in addition.

Ownership: CD: 2003 Progressive Music Management. Jewel case with lyric booklet. 

2004; 7//05; 6/20/19