Mattowarrior's Metal Madness

Sound Goat Project is a progressive metal/rock band from Poland. I don't know if the name is related to the term “greatest of all time” (aka G.O.A.T) but nevertheless, the name does give an image to the eclectic nature of the project's music. Their newest release, Deep Inside, (or would that be “dEEP iNSIDE” considering how the songs are listed their Bandcamp site), starts out with one of the most unexpected things that one would imagine as far as an album like this. A full “smooth jazz” sax solo starts the proceedings on the song, “hOT pLAY”. I know a lot of readers of this blog may be mixed on horned instruments in Metal, but it definitely works. Don't expect some cheesy 80's Aerosmith song, or some cheesy Kenny G thing, it definitely works. The song then goes to a slightly (just slightly make no mistake) Djent sounding riff pattern with some more smooth fusiony guitar licks. It then goes to a more melodic refrain and almost 70's style Prog patterns

Recently I was turned on to the musical project, Eleandre, a project which is dark, mystical, and alluring in a way that transcends mere genre labels or preconceived notions. Mattowarrior's Metal Madness recently got to interview it's main man Ludovic, and here's what he had to say: So tell me about Eleandre- how was the project formed? Eleandre is the addition of both my daughters' names. Without them, none of this could have happened. So first of all I want to dedicate this whole musical project to them. Eleandre is a solo project that I have been leading since May 2020, with the main concept of doing everything myself (voice, guitar, bass, synths and effects, songwriting and also recording). Eleandre is therefore a kind of Siamese concept between my daughters and me, it's a way for me to realize myself and also to support the fact of being far from them, it's in a way a catalyst of my difficulty to live without them. My music is mainly inspired by thi