Prototype

Prototype was formed by two former members of Los Angeles trash band Psychosis. This, I believe, is their third album.

While Prototype cannot deny its trash origins, its music exceeds the limits of the trash genre. They have managed to mix in a good dose of progressive metal, and, very important for me, they have managed to have decent vocals, instead of shouts.

I quite liked the album, for its mix of trash with progressive metal, and what’s even more astonishing is that in certain songs there seem to be some jazzy influences mixed in as well.  Not an album I’d play every day though, but occasionally.