Counter World Experience - Leaving Lotus (2007)

Tracklist:

1. Amygdala (5:31)
2. Isis the Prism (6:01)
3. Decade of the Brain (4:38)
4. Boy Meets World (4:15)
5. Eurobeat (6:18)
6. FeMalice - The Lobster Under My Skin (6:16)
7. Interbeing (5:33)
8. Ikaros (4:45)

9. Leaving Lotus (5:39)

Line-up:
- Benjamin Schwenen / guitar, guitar synthesizer, programming
- Thorsten Harnitz / drums
- H.D. Lorenz / bass

The fusion of jazz-rock with heavy metal is not an easy nor readily accepted form of music, and requires players of unusual vision and abilities. Berlin trio COUNTER-WORLD EXPERIENCE have been creating such a music since their inception in Hannover, 2002. The group is comprised of three of Germany's most accomplished young musicians, guitarist/synthist Benjamin Schwenen, Thorsten Harnitz on drums, and world-class bassist H.D. Lorenz. The sound is quite unique though they occasionally remind of a less grandiose PLANET X, with hints of KING CRIMSON, JOE SATRIANI and even NEBELNEST.

'Leaving Lotus' is their third album,described by Schwenen as "Cybernetic metal combining with smooth, Pat Metheny-like texturing."
Full of complexity, innovation and surprises, COUNTER-WORLD EXPERIENCE is a band that extends the power trio concept into the future and progresses the state of both metal and fusion.

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