It’s always reassuring when a progressive metal band display genuine signs of progress. Klone released their debut album Duplicate just over 20 years ago. Mired in churning riffs and tricky time signatures, it had much in common with the French band’s homegrown contemporaries Gojira and Hacride, but gave occasional glimpses of a less frantic and more melodic future direction.
Klone’s obvious potential has been fulfilled many times over in the decades that followed, and their sound has undergone a complete transformation. Continuing the melodic explorations that began in earnest on 2019’s Le Grand Voyage, The Unseen is a beautiful and sophisticated piece of work.
