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AICAN is a new instrumental rock-band from Yekaterinburg. It was formed in winter 2009 by Roman Varaksin (drums), Ilya Maltsev (guitar), Vitaly ‘Krikston’ Pereladov (guitar), and Vyacheslav ‘Heid’ Bal (bass) who drew inspirations from prog-rock, ambient-rock, art-metal, and fusion-rock (there are Tool, Oceansize, Mogwai, King Crimson, Isis, Indukti, The Fall Of Troya, Hella among those mentioned at their web-site). The band creates intricate but melodic all-instrumental music which they define as “Evolution Rock”. Listen to their works at the band's Bandcamp page.
Aican / Art Saves/Kills (2011) / CD $11.00
Combining influences from classic rock to metal and from fusion to ambient, AICAN create instrumental music that can turn from heartfelt sentimental melodies to all-out tense and thundering therapy. Entitled Art Saves/Kills, their debut album is an intriguing musical journey that leads listeners through a wide range of emotions without even needing words. The band has moody alt-rock sound, but one listen makes it clear that they have an obvious understanding of the power dynamics and are charting a complicated rockier course, with definite art-prog influences that run the gamut from King Crimson (the album’s final track is the band’s dedication to the KC veterans) to Tool. Enjoyably consistent and focused work! (7 tracks – 46 min.)
PRESS CLIPS
"Art Saves/Kills is a worthy if not groundbreaking debut for Aican, and this is certainly a band worth keeping an eye out for in the future for they show enough ability here to indicate that they could be capable of producing something special down the line. (Conclusion: 6.5 out of 10)" – by Roger Trenwith of DPRP (UK) (January 2012).
"Aican have created a moody and heavy, yet melodic, debut album that has tons of upside, but more importantly, reveals a lot of promise for the future as well. (Score: 3.5 out of 5)" – by Ryan Sparks of Sea Of Tranquility (USA) (January 2012).
The album was also reviewed at: Psychemusic (Belgium).
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