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Aly – "Hypotesis Ubicua"

Label - Gravis Records
Reviewed by:

Erik Neuteboom

www.progwalhalla.com

Genre:
Progressive Metal
Country:
Mexico
Length:
64:22
Release Date:
2008
Band Members: Alÿ / guitars , keyboards Adolfo Ramundo / drums
  Claudio Momberg / keyboards Victor Miranda / bass, Chapman Stick
  Carlos Orozco / bass Emanuel Herrera / drums
  Uriel Orozco / keyboards Zain Hernandez / keyboards
Track Listing: 1.)-Ciénega (5. 26)
9.)-Meh - Lahn - Coh - Lih - Ah (25:27)
  2.)-El Aspecto Sombrío De La Desinhibición (5.44)
A.)-Zentripcinomia
  3.)-Terrenal (5.03) B.)- Jasuysadiso
  4.)- Instinto En La Nostalgia (6.22)
C.)-Sarpiridimio
  5.)-Sirenas Poseídas En La Mente De Omicrón (5.40) D.)-Oniulgomul
  6.)-Necesidad Ilimitada (4.15) E.)-Iaralisir
  7.)- Ocular (4.33) F.)-Grasparoundin
  8.)-Ocaso Inesperado (1:52)  

Review:

Aly is a musical project of Alonso Romero, he was born in Mexico (1979), started to study piano when he was 8 and he is playing guitar since his 13th. He has a varied taste: with the band Toccata he released the album entitled Circe (2005) on which he plays guitar in the progmetal vein but he also made a classical album with flute and guitar.

We can find back this captivating contrast between rock and classical on Aly their instrumental debut album Hypotesis Ubicua. Alonso has invited a wide range of musicians featuring drummer Adolfo Ramundo who recently toured with the new line-up of Italian progrock legend Il Balletto Di Bronzo. On most of the nine compositions Alonso delivers heavy guitarwork with obvious hints of Steve Vai and Joe Satriani, fueled by a thunderous rhythm-section evoking Metallica and Opeth, very exciting and I am impressed by Alonso his furious, blistering and biting guitar runs and propulsive fat guitar riffs. The most interesting element of Aly their music is in my opinion the way he blends the sound of varied keyboards with the powerful guitarwork, often this evokes a lot of tension in the Aly sound: dazzling interplay with synthesizers (El Aspecto Sombrío De La Desinhibición and Sirenas Poseídas En La Mente De Omicrón), lush organ waves (Necesidad Ilimitada), dreamy piano work (Instinto En La Nostalgia) and orchestral keyboards (Ocular). Another wonderful contrast on this album is the short track Ocaso Inesperado that contains classical guitar, it sounds very warm. But the highlight is the ‘magnum opus progressivus’ Meh - Lahn - Coh - Lih – Ah, a 25 minutes composition that is divided into six alternating parts: from a majestic violin-Mellotron intro, soaring keyboards with howling guitar runs and an interlude with dreamy keyboards to an exciting wah-wah drenched guitar solo with populsive drums, powerful Hammond organ with heavy guitar work, a bombastic prog metal climate and a beautiful final part delivering acoustic rhythm guitar and a choir-Mellotron-like sound, goose bumps! -

What an exciting debut album, I am sure the progmetal – and Heavy Prog fans and heavy metal guitar freaks wil be delighted about Aly their music!

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