The Matterhorn Project - Traveler
Rock, Heavy Rock, Post Metal
Colorado, United States
Overall Impression: Crafting a vast and darkly immersive soundscape from richly overdriven guitars and a lumbering, locomotive pulse, The Matterhorn Project ushers listeners into a space of existential reckoning with their original track, "Traveler"! Beginning with underpinnings of ominous unease and eventually unfurling a narrative of acceptance, "Traveler" mirrors its lyrical content with thoughtful instrumental inflections - engaging a variety of textures and tones to convey a sense of transformative journey across the track's seven minute runtime.
Strongest Point(s): The overall sound and style on display in "Traveler" are incredible - quickly representing The Matterhorn Project as a creative entity with both passion and precision! Each instrument holds its end of the audible spectrum skillfully, keeping together through each transition and managing a sound both fully massive and pristinely mixed! A momentary movement into clean guitar work at 2:33 keeps things interesting, with the sudden burst into relentless riff work at 5:35 landing a climactic knockout punch at the perfect moment. Excellent sound and enigmatically existential lyricism conspire to make "Traveler" a highly memorable and deeply immersive experience.
Target Audience Appeal: Listeners with a passion for the monolithic sounds of Metal, Prog. Rock, and all things heavy will find themselves instantly transported by the tones emanating from The Matterhorn Project - with the journey contained in "Traveler" promising to resonate deeply among those listeners that take the time to really lean in! Somehow making seven minutes feel all too short, "Traveler" should have discerning fans of the genre on vigilant watch for whatever The Matterhorn Project releases next. - Jon W.
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About the Reviewer:
Jon Wright is a trained multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and music educator with nearly twenty years of experience in the field. Working with musicians and their individual sounds is his passion and profession, and he strives to interact with and understand every aspect of the production process - from theory and songwriting to recording and mastering. He continues to teach students of all ages and is currently collaborating with artists across a wide range of genres.