Progressive metal guitarist and artist JT Bruce plays a twisted form of rock music with plenty of suprises. His album Anomalous Material is freely available online and has 16 tracks of instrumental high energy music that doesn’t let up. JT Bruce is unique enough to make comparisions challenging but I’m sure I heard more than a few nods to John McLaughlin a la Mahavishnu Orchestra while rockers and metalheads may detect a little Jeff Beck influence. “Admiralty” blasts off the album with a driving beat and melody. “Midnight Quandary” starts out slow and quiet but quickly turn into a blend of fire and ice. The aptly named “Temporal Distortion” is one of my favorite tracks in all of its head-banging glory. Most of the tracks are under 3 minutes, but the 15 minutes “The Artist, The Sage, and The Jester” allows for some lengthy exploration and displays Bruce’s impressive improvisational and compositional skills.

The album is available in 160kbps mp3. You can download it from his web site via the link below. While you are at his web site check out his art work.

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