Angular Perceptions is the debut album by the American progressive metal

Progressive metal

Progressive metal is a subgenre of heavy metal originating in the United Kingdom and North America in the late 1980s...

 supergroup

Supergroup (music)

In the late 1960s, the term supergroup was coined to describe "a rock music group whose performers are already famous from having performed individually or in other groups"....

 Thought Chamber

Thought Chamber

Thought Chamber is an American progressive metal supergroup formed in 2006. They have so far released one full-length album through the progressive label InsideOut...

. The album received high praise from Sea of Tranquility webzine. Reviewer Murat Batmaz voted it the best debut album of 2007, comparing Ted Leonard's vocal style to Kansas

Kansas

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 and describing the music as " whimsical, with plenty of slap bass a la King's X

King's X

King's X is an American hard rock band that combines progressive metal, funk and soul with vocal arrangements influenced by gospel, blues, and British Invasion rock groups. The band's lyrics are largely based on the members' struggles with religion and self-acceptance...

, and [...]intense groove-inflected riffage and vintage 70's prog, throwing in eastern scales and eerie minor chord progressions."

Track listing

All tracks by Michael Harris

Michael Harris (guitarist)

Michael Harris born in Dayton, Ohio is an American musician. He is most noted for his work as founder and guitarist for rock band Arch Rival and for his primarily instrumental progressive guitar work. His later music is a fusion of progressive metal and a hint of classical music...

 except where otherwise noted

1. "Premonition" - 2:11
2. "Sacred Treasure" - 7:06
3. "A Legend's Avalon" - 5:48
4. "Balance Of One" - 6:17
5. "Mr Qwinkle's Therapy" (Derek Blakley, Harris, Robert Stankiewicz) - 5:32
6. "Transmigration Of Souls" - 6:41
7. "God Of Oblique" - 5:09
8. "Silent Shore" - 3:40
9. "Accidently On Purpose" (Blakley, Harris, Stankiewicz) - 4:52
10. "A Mind Beyond" - 7:38

Personnel

• Ted Leonard - vocals
• Michael Harris
  Michael Harris (guitarist)
  Michael Harris born in Dayton, Ohio is an American musician. He is most noted for his work as founder and guitarist for rock band Arch Rival and for his primarily instrumental progressive guitar work. His later music is a fusion of progressive metal and a hint of classical music...
  
   - guitars, keyboards
  Keyboard instrument
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  , vocals
• Derek Blakley - bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  
• Rob Stankiewicz - drums
  Drum kit
  A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
  
  
• Bobby Williamson - keyboards

External links

• Encyclopaedia Metallum page