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Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
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Progressive Metal |
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Page online:
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September 3, 2023
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Last update/review:
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September 3, 2023
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Wilderun
Quite simply, Wilderun is a revelation.
Their style, by description, isn't terribly unique, with "progressive death metal"
being the starting point with a healthy folk influence and plenty of symphonic
bombast, but this Massachusetts-based outfit outclasses the field.
The songs are epic in both length and breadth but never feel over-indulgent,
the soaring clean vocals are majestic with the harsh death vocals
deftly interspersed provide a nice counterbalance of styles,
and the musicianship and production are flawless.
Soundalikes?
Several seem to point to a cross between
Opeth
and
Turisas,
Ne Obliviscaris
could be considered a kindred spirit
and these ears even occasionally detect a hint of the once-mighty
Bal-Sagoth,
though taken to a different level.
2015's
Sleep At The Edge Of The Earth (their second album)
started the buzz, but the two followups in
Veil Of Imagination
and
Epigone (the latter finally on a label after their
first three efforts were independent)
have kicked everything up a notch.
Simply essential progressive metal listening.
Current Members
Evan Berry
vocals/guitars/keyboards (ex-Immortal Bird)
Wayne Ingram
guitars/backing vocals
Daniel Müller
bass/backing vocals
Jonathan Teachey
drums/backing vocals
Former Members/Guests
Joe Gettler
guitars
Discography
Olden Tales & Deathly Trails
2012
independent
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- The Cracking Glow
- Suncatcher
- How Stands the Glass Around?
- Storm Along
- Vaunting Veins
- The Coasts of High Barbaree
- The Dying Californian
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Evan Berry
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Wayne Ingram
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Daniel Müller
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Jonathan Teachey
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Sleep At The Edge Of The Earth
2015
independent
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- Dust and Crooked Thoughts
- And So Opens the Earth (Ash Memory Part I)
- Hope and Shadow (Ash Memory Part II)
- Bite the Wound (Ash Memory Part III)
- The Faintest Echo (Ash Memory Part IV)
- The Garden of Fire
- Linger
- The Means to Preserve
- Sleep at the Edge of the Earth
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Evan Berry
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Wayne Ingram
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Joe Gettler
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Daniel Müller
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Jonathan Teachey
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Veil Of Imagination
2019
independent
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- The Unimaginable Zero Summer
- O Resolution!
- Sleeping Ambassadors of the Sun
- Scentless Core (Budding)
- Far from Where Dreams Unfurl
- Scentless Core (Fading)
- The Tyranny of Imagination
- When the Fire and the Rose Were One
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Evan Berry
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Wayne Ingram
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Joe Gettler
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Daniel Müller
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Jonathan Teachey
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Epigone
2022
Century Media
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- Exhaler
- Woolgatherer
- Passenger
- Identifier
- Ambition
- Distraction I
- Distraction II
- Distraction III
- Distraction Nulla
- Everything in Its Right Place (Radiohead cover)
- Exhaler (Synth Mix)
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Evan Berry
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Wayne Ingram
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Daniel Müller
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Jonathan Teachey
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