Into The Great Divide, the sensational progressive group featuring Dream Theater drummer Mike Mangini, mastermind Zack Zalon on guitar, and Dream Theater producer Richard Chycki producing the whole thing, is releasing their self-titled debut album today and it's exactly as perfect as the singles let on. The introductory narration to each track tells a great and interesting story and the music is, well, the progressive masterpiece I said it was.
Here's what Zalon had to say about the project and album.
"I love instrumental guitar music. However, most of these instrumental records don’t have any context. You're only listening for virtuosity. You can't tell what any of the tracks mean relative to each other. I wanted to do something different, to connect people to instrumental, progressive rock by bringing them along on a journey."
"Each track is actually a chapter following a narrative, and each reflects that part of the story. A narrator guides this journey. I felt like this was an opportunity to do something new and tell a tale inside of music differently than what had been done before. I wouldn't compromise on the kind of music I enjoy; I'd just change the way we present it, so that it connects with people on a more fundamental level."
Get a copy of Into The Great Divide here.
