Origin:	Slovakia
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Page online:	July 28, 2008
Last update/review:	July 28, 2008

Wayd

Again a central European country (in this case Slovakia) comes up with a band doing something different. On Ghostwalk, the band's fourth album, Wayd displays a kind of progressive death metal with some jazz overtones (notably some nice sax work, as well as the occasional lounge-y interlude). The classic names like Cynic and Atheist are frequently brought up when describing this kind of band -- to these ears, Wayd isn't as accomplished as those two, nor are they really much of a soundalike to either, but they do retain some of the interesting experimentalism that those two pioneers demonstrated. The bizarre remix of "Second Sunrise" that closes the album is certainly strange, driven by an almost tribal drum rhythm and some goofy guitar work, not for everyone's taste for sure but it's a nice add-on, again showing the band's willingness to experiment. Like seemingly every band from Slovakia or the Czech Republic, Wayd takes some getting used to, and they aren't for those into a more straightfoward style, but otherwise they're quite interesting.