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SUBLIMATION OVERVIEW
When Sublimation was originally released in 2004 instrumental metal bands were few and far between, let alone bands as progressive at CANVAS SOLARIS. Since 2004, they have issued three more critically acclaimed albums on Sensory Music (Penumbra Diffuse, Cortical Tectonics and The Atomized Dream) only seeming to help instrumental artists become the new "in thing” within metal realms.
Since Tribunal Records is mainly a hardcore and death metal label Sublimation drifted out of print. We have decided to re-introduce the metal community to this album due to the rise of instrumental music awareness, but more importantly its acceptance and new found respect.
So many people couldn't believe we would have even taken a chance on releasing a record like Sublimation back in 2004, but we absolutely loved it then and Sublimation still serves as a classic piece of Tribunal Records history. It still gets regular rotation here in our office.
We have remastered the original recordings, created new layout/artwork and added their live set from Tribunal Records 2006 Showcase to make it a fully enhanced CD release.
REVIEWS
...the dizzying fray of killer compositions like "Cosmopolysyndeton" and "When Solar Winds Collide" won't help alleviate the assumption that Canvas Solaris are snooty, intellectual muso types who are too smart for their own good and the consumer's understanding. Maybe? Maybe not? But every once in a while, metal needs an IQ boost to reaffirm its vitality in the face of cliches and close-mindedness, doesn't it?
TERRORIZER
Canvas Solaris will surely enjoy exponential success with Sublimation, a prime exemplar of technical metal for the ages.
EXCLAIM!
...to the mainstream audiences this album will be far too much to understand as it lacks the tedious nu-metalcore formulaics. But to those who appreciate the art form of intricate and imaginative metal, you need look no further.
THE PRP
...in today's sadly self-gratifying prog metal market where players are looking for individual attention rather than worrying about the product on a whole, Canvas Solaris show that they have some integrity (both musically and personally). What they sacrifice from not showing off they make up for with their virtuous songwriting.
INTO OBSCURITY
Sure it’s mind-bendingly original and overtly progressive but can an instrumental album have the kind of bite that generates enough interest to repeatedly listen to it? The answer is a resounding yes.
SMOTHER.NET
This disc is far from crushing, but every note the band plays is captivating and delivered with the seeming ease that only a true pro can feign...The music on this CD is so cool and at the same time so far beyond the realm of “progressive” it’s not even funny.
DEADTIDE.COM
Canvas Solaris keep it complicated but stay coherent in their style while being on another plane of musical existence...The album through and through is an amazing trip that will make one want to learn to play an instrument or at least give one a whole new appreciation for music.
RIFT ROCK
This is a top metal album of 2004 for me. I recommend this to fans of The Dillinger Escape Plan, Cancer Conspiracy and metalcore fans that are looking to enjoy something a little different than your average two-chord breakdown.
PIVOTAL RAGE
Its a damn shame a vast majority will simply hear this album one time and miss the chance to broaden their musical horizons. To those looking to get lost in their own bright utopia: Canvas Solaris is the drug of choice.
SIX12
SPATIAL/DESIGN OVERVIEW
Probably the most non-traditional signing to Tribunal Records yet. Statesboro, Georgia’s CANVAS SOLARIS could be classified as “thinking man’s metal”. Their debut, Spatial/Design, is perplexing technical metal bursting with way too many musical acrobatics to even bother with vocals, it is genius-level stuff. We guarantee it will blow your mind. The four spacey and ultra complex tracks have a running time of over 25 minutes and cover the gamut of metal’s many facets. This young trio have learned their lessons well. Their masters are Spiral Architect, Watchtower, Cynic and King Crimson. Their peers are few. Canvas Solaris stands alone.
FOR FANS OF:
CYNIC, FATES WARNING, DREAM THEATER, SPIRAL ARCHITECT and WATCHTOWER
SUBLIMATION TRACK LIST:
01 Cosmopolysyndeton
02 Spheres In Design
03 When Solar Winds Collide
04 Cyclotron Emission
05 Syzygial Epiphany
06 Ekstatik Parataxis (The New Measure)
07 Sublimation
All tracks REMASTERED by Jamie King in 2009.
BONUS ENHANCED CONTENT:
LIVE @ TRIBUNAL RECORDS 2006 SHOWCASE
01 Reflections Carried To Mirror
02 Patterns Spiral Into Swarm
03 Heat Distortion Manifest
04 Psychotropic Resonance
05 The Unknowable And Defeating Glow
SPATIAL/DESIGN TRACK LIST:
01 Camera Obscura
02 Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation
03 The Non Terminating Integer
04 Dark matter, Accretion Disk And Interating Binary
