The veteran Australian progressive band is aptly named, exploring musical worlds beyond the expected. They even shared one notable gig with bona fide astronauts. Though the Australian quintet Voyager has been a staple of European progressive-rock festivals for nearly a decade, their sound isn’t quite so easily defined. Melding syncopated djent guitar lines, ’80s synth fizzle, cleverly displaced cymbal accents, and anthemic vocals, the band has much to offer followers of progressive metal, but also fans of electronica, mainstream rock, and other genres. Not yet a household name in the U.S., Voyager has nonetheless earned a sizable following in Europe and Australia, with respectable streams on Spotify, views on YouTube, and reaction to their opening sets for Coheed and Cambria, Deftones, Opeth, Nightwish, Leprous, and Twelve Foot Ninja. Recently Voyager signed to the French metal label Season of Mist, which released their seventh album, Colours in the Sun, this past […]

March 2020 Issue