TWIN FUSION - Christian progressive rock

Discovered this at the CD Baby Christian metal section today:

"Twin Fusion recalls the age of Kansas, Rush, Dream Theatre and other greats that aren't afraid to fly the Prog-Rock flag with pride. Incredible musical ability warrants repeat plays on this debut release."

You can listen to samples at: http://cdbaby.com/cd/twinfusion

And: http://www.myspace.com/twinfusionband

Official: http://twinfusion.com/home.htm

Found the following at the groups website (not sure what to think):

Two souls travel across the universe on a journey given unto them at birth. Riding on a timeline by the creator of all things they have captured mankind's and thus the universe's most powerful force, that of thought.

And the great forethought spoke and blew the breath of God on the two souls
and breath turned into tongues of fire, seen and touched by one, unseen and
touched more by the other. This created enlightened afterthought, and
the two souls used this gift to map frequencies and vibrations into music.

However thought alone cannot be given direction without feeling. So the two
souls fold time and space and rediscover the feeling of joy and
happiness, and this delivers the angel of rhythm and time. And the Creator
listens and smiles, for He knows that it is good.

Yet the power to move by force was still not complete, as the Creator knows that it takes the acting body working with the thought and feeling to cross through the very gates of heaven itself.

Thus, a fourth wonderer is sent, the angel of voice, that which is analog and
by the power of the old law, can never be digital. This created emotion and gives the music power and resonance that changes dimensions and breaks through known realities into good unseen.

And the Creator now listens and smiles once again, knowing that the thought, feeling and emotion has created the light within, so let the two merge with the two, and let the two become one, the great forethought and the afterthought
becomes the enlightened afterthought. All have the ability within to participate, simply close your eyes and visualize, then believe and you will see the power to will all things that is within you, and when you do you shall discover the identical creation.

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Never ones to conform...

Employing incredibly creative and conceptual independent thinking...

Twin Fusion has created an endeavor that will awaken a power and force that God
has put within you, and yet the world has never told you it exists or how to use it.

Twin Fusion will show you.

Setting a new standard among rock artists, songwriters and Christian progressive
musicians, brothers, David and Mike Harris have created an artistically adventurous
amalgam of music and the written word. Their original concept they've named
"the albook" is an album and book set, which captures you both as a listener and a
reader. The band's debut albook titled Identical Creation, leads you song by song
and verse by verse through a collection of nine Christian progressive rock tracks
de-coded and interpreted into a literary companion where the songs are deciphered
to reveal the God-given free will formula deep inside of each of us.

The result? An uncompromising interactive combination of music and words that will awaken a power and force within
you that has long remained untapped.

The Identical Creation albook...designed to bring power, freedom, wealth, perfect health and happiness into your life,
everyday for the rest of your life.

Begin the journey now...

This is from their official web site...the last part of that sounds very new age in nature. Needless to say I bought the CD about three months ago, and it is OK musically...a little rough around the edges vocally, but not bad. I'm still on the fence as to their intentions...if this is a new age attempt to grab a corner of the Christian progressive pie, then I call on all you members to inform others of their deeds.

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if this is a new age attempt to grab a corner of
the Christian progressive pie, then I call on all you members to inform
others of their deeds.

Those are kind of my thoughts as well.

The lyrics aren't very bold, but it's hard to tell the line between new age and fantasy some times. I'd say they'd be similar to many secular prog artists lyrically. Even the latest Souljourners was not bold at all.

The Christian prog market is so small I don't see why a new age band would bother to infiltrate it. They'd do much better staying on the secular side of the fence.

Maybe they are just a little crazy. Sounds like it to me.

Musically not really my thing.

The production on this CD is appallingly bad. I listened to the samples & couldn't believe that in today's day & age, a CD w/ artwork as interesting as this had production that bad. I will probably not be adding this to my collection.

I don't recall it being bad at all, but it's been a while.