Give up the gravity of definition and you shall find, does it feel different inside?
Subterranean Masquerade believe that music has no boundaries and making music as a tribute to the free experimental spirit, think of a mixture of psychedelic Rock N Roll with Avantgarde post rock, Classical, Folk, Urban Jazz and hard hitting progressive death metal, all supported by grandiose instrumentation including Keys, church Choir, strings, Percussions and Horns orchestra, various singers ranging from raw death metal growls (courtesy of Paul Khur / November's Doom) to operatic female virtuoso and lyrics dealing with common everyday conflicts. Truly a band like no other!!!
Our discography includes a full length and EP:
--- "Temporary Psychotic State": the first opus in the "X" trilogy is a two tracks EP clocking just over 17 minutes of old-style progressive rock with rock n' roll grooves, building layers upon layers of experimental psychedelic passages and heavy post rock blasting! Line up includes JWW of Agalloch and Tino LoSicco of Epoch of Unlight among others…
--- "Suspended Animation Dreams": the second part in the "X" trilogy and our debut full length, featuring 8 tracks and just about to see the light of day via THE END RECORDS. This is our most accomplished and extensive document yet! I spent 7 years dreaming and 3 months giving birth to bring this album into form and it came out to be one of the most schizophrenic metal albums you will ever here! From folk-ish world music, grooving Rock N Roll, psychedelic landscapes to dark progressive death metal, everything is possible, look and you shall find!
"By taking their sound even further and exploring the more intimate characteristics of progressive rock, psychedelia, post-rock and doom metal, Subterranean Masquerade have created an astonishingly unique, delicate, and masterfully woven opus, making this act one of a kind." - BW&BK
We also recorded two cover tracks:
--- "Cuts You Up": a cover version for Peter Murphy's classic featuring Tomas Lindberg (ex-At the gates, The Great Deceiver), Kobi Farhi (Orphaned Land )& Yishai Sweartz (Moonskin, Ex-Nail Within). The song released on a compilation under the same name.
--- "Summoning of the Muse": cover for DEAD CAN DANCE's masterpiece, released on "The Lotus Eater, a Dead Can Dance tribute" via Black Lotus record / Greece. Our version clocking just around 10 minutes and featuring lyrics and passages taken from various other Dead Can Dance tracks making it a cool tribute to this amazing dark wave band! Featuring Andy winter (Winds) on Keyboards.
With the release of "Suspended Animation Dreams" Subterranean Masquerade will be going on the road in order to promote the album, I'm currently looking for a touring band so anyone thinking he can handle the musical mess feel free to drop me a line. Also, make sure to check out our web site for up-dates, MP3s and latest news and sign up for our mailing list!
What future holds? Who knows…one thing for sure, it will be unexpected
Thanks & Goodbye
Tomer / Subterranean Masquerade
