While Brooklyn, New York is often well known for its contributions to the hardcore scene in the world of heavy music we’ve also seen many great prog and hard rock acts coming from the area in recent years. Nevereven being one of them. With influences like Queen, Rush, and Faith No More they create a driving hard rock sound with progressive touches and a hint of heavy metal. Their music is fun while at the same time veiling dark undertones. This ambiguous nature lends to their ability to slowly draw the listener into their music.
Nevereven’s The Progress of Disaster features five songs that add up to about nineteen minutes of music. While that may not seem like much to go by when it comes to some bands, Nevereven provide top quality music every single second of that nineteen minutes. Things begin with a bang in the form of “The World of Tomorrow.” It starts off with some solid heavy riffing. When Gary Pickard comes in with his unique vocals it’s hard not to get sucked right into the catchy as hell chorus. There’s a nice fast groove tucked in there that makes it all the more infectious. The heavy chugging riff in “Give” acts as a nice counterbalance to its melodic side showing the band’s ability to easily appease both sides of their sound. Pickard’s vocals soar through this one. Damian Peters does a fine job making the bass stand out among the top notch gutar work of Picard and Frank Pascali. The final track “Orpheus” is a strong offering from the band. It has a nice rocking groove that closes out these songs on a tight note.
If you’re a fan of progressive rock or just good hard rock in general then you won’t want to sleep on Nevereven. Their songs are accessible while still retaining depth. I could see these guys taking over the radio in coming years. Let’s hope they do. It’d be nice to hear something good on there for a change.
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