The “Perspective I” part of the CD skews more towards the older sound of dredg, although there are a few unexpected genre experiments that make their way into this section. His vocals frequently soar above the rest of the instrumental mix, with uplifting and stirring effect.

Hayes’ voice lends every song tons of emotional weight and atmosphere.

While all the members of dredg are technically proficient with their instruments, this album is centered around lead vocalist and guitarist Gavin Hayes, and rightly so. The album is broken up into two sections on the back: the first seven songs are called “Perspective I” and the five subsequent tracks are “Perspective II.” “Catch” seems to discuss confronting inner turmoil and personal problems as well as how friends and lovers contribute to this process. The concept on “Catch Without Arms” is less apparently defined then the one on “El Cielo” (which was about a Salvador Dali painting and sleep paralysis), but the lyrical content does boast some common threads. Dredg started to escape this shadow with its instrument choices on their first new CD for Interscope Records (Interscope first re-released dredg’s previously self-published “Leitmotif”), “El Cielo,” which included saxophone, strings and trumpet. Dredg’s latest CD, “Catch Without Arms,” anchors its experiments in metal, rock, alternative and even pop with one of the most stunning vocal performances of 2005.īecause of the progressive nature of their music and previous work within the metal genre, dredg is frequently compared to Tool.

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