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In Blood, O.S.I. have succeeded in creating a fascinating album at the crossroads between rock and progressive metal. Music that alternates between atmospherically dense and aggressively demanding elements, while effortlessly transcending barriers between different styles and genres. Following its impressive predecessors, Office Of Strategic Influence (2003) and Free (2006), Blood is the third release by Kevin Moore and Jim Matheos. O.S.I. unites two exceptional composers who share their penchant for the unusual and are on the same artistic wavelength. “We have different musical tastes but an unspoken musical understanding" Moore enthuses.
The creative process which produced Blood lasted more than a year. In their now familiar long distance collaboration Matheos sent his ideas via email to Moore, who honed them to his own taste before mailing the results back to Matheos. At the end of the day, some pieces were sent back and forth countless times, while others, such as the pulsating metal track ‘Be The Hero’, required very little exchange. “When Jim sent me his tracks for I had a vocal idea right away. I think it all came together in a couple of days. I love when Jim sends really heavy ideas, and he doesn’t mind me chopping them up. It was fun to play around with the times signatures by editing, and adding a lot of Minimoog effects and unison lines.”
Along with Moore and Matheos, Blood features Porcupine Tree drummer Gavin Harrison. There’s also a guest appearance by Mikael Åkerfeldt (Opeth) on ‘Stockholm’, which the Swedish musician composed together with the two O.S.I. masterminds. “I think it was Kevin’s idea to have a guest vocalist. He asked me if I had any suggestions and I immediately thought of Mikael,” Matheos explains. “It was Mikael’s choice, we gave him several songs to pick from. Mikael wrote the lyrics and melody and recorded his parts at home in Sweden.”
Moore and Matheos took care of the album’s production themselves, while the mix was done with Grammy winner Phil Magnotti.
Blood is an ambitious album recorded by real masters of their trade, for people with a taste for the above-average.
-Info Courtesy InsideOut.de
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Hi Kevin & Jim!! Thanks for accept the add!!!! I've discovered you in 2003 with the release of your first cd!! I'm glad to tell you that your project is one of my favourites of all time. "Blood" album is just excellent! I like it very much "No celebrations" with Tim Bowness and we love so much the perfect decission to record the drums with Gavin Harrison!! We hope you a lot of luck with your career!!!!
We’re a cover duet folkie style from Spain, that play songs of artists like Porcupine Tree, Opeth, Neal Morse, Deep Purple, Mike Oldfield, Blackmore’s Night, Bad Religion, Jewel...
As our friend you are probably happy to know that we have started taken Pre-Orders on our new album "For Moments Never Done". Whenever you feel like it you can check www.cirrhaniva.nl.
Thanks so much for being our friend. We're happy to help in any way we can so if you have something you want us to review, if you'd be interested in doing an interview or if you have dates you want to post on our calendar or photos to share just let us know!! Take care and prog on :)
thanks for accepting my request and also for the new album. just great! btw: is avantguarde-metal.com's guessing true that mr morre suffers from permanent root canal treatments by his dentison?^^
