Scale the Summit
Scale the Summit is an American progressive metal band from Houston, Texas, which was founded in 2004.
History
The band was formed in 2004 after guitarist Chris Letchford and Travis Levrier moved to Los Angeles to join the Musicians Institute, and met drummer Pat Skefington. A few months later the bassist Jordan Eberhardt came to the group and completed the occupation. Letchford and Levrier also participated in a Gitarrenbaukurs in which they learned to make their own guitars. The end of 2006 Pulled the group after Letchfords hometown, Houston, Texas, where she recorded her first album called Monument. The album was released in 2007 on their own publication. After the group had signed a deal with Prosthetic Records in 2008, shooting began for the second album. The recordings released in February 2009 under the name Carving Desert Canyons, which he was admitted to New Jersey in the Nut House Recording Studio. The next album was followed in 2011 under the name The Collective, which in 2013 joined The migration. In April 2012, previously bassist Jordan Eberhardt had left the band since been replaced at very stressed and was represented by Mark Mitchell him the tours.
Style
In her band biography, the group is progressive metal bands like Dream Theater and Cynic as influences and describes her music as " Adventure Metal". Even Eduardo Rivadavia of Allmusic compared the band with the two groups and moved as a further comparison, even zoom Kong. The guitarists possess a virtuosity of Joe Satriani and Steve Vai. According to Petra Schurer from Metal Hammer merge the instrumental music on The Collective elements of jazz, progressive rock and extreme metal and drew comparisons to the recent publications of Cynic. According to Tom Küppers from Metal Hammer, the band put on The migration less on presenting the technical playing skills of the artists, special more on catchiness. In contrast to its predecessors, one would miss the less vocal. In the songs breaks and Tapping are characteristic.
Discography
- 2007: Monument ( album, self-released )
- 2009: Carving Desert Canyons ( album, Prosthetic Records )
- 2011: The Collective ( album, Prosthetic Records )
- 2013: The Migration ( album, Prosthetic Records )