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Hermit’s Maze - Every Dream Has Its Bleakness

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  Band: Hermit’s Maze Album:   Every Dream Has Its Bleakness Release date: November 13, 2020 Record label: self-released Genre: Progressive instrumental metal From: Buenos Aires, Argentina   Hermit’s Maze is an instrumental band from Buenos Aires, Argentina that elects to keep its members, how many there are, and what instruments they play, a secret. The EP “Every Dream Has Its Bleakness” is the bands 3 rd offering, and contains 5 tracks, all instrumentals.     The band has many references to 80s and early 90s progressive rock and metal, as well as some more modern riffing. At times they remind of such great bands as Sieges Even and Queensryche.   The band is very atmospheric, both in the use of melody, pauses and background synthesizers. There are also some sampled sounds to expand beyond the traditional band instruments.   The band makes good use of various rhythms and rhythm changes, as well as change in dynamics and choice of instr