Release Date May 1st, 2026
Format Digital
Genre Progressive/Extreme Metal
Origin Japan
Beyond The Veil is a Tokyo based progressive extreme metal band formed in 2020 by DB Karma, Yoshihiro Yamaji, and Eric Fetterman. Keisuke Tsuboi joined in 2021, and Dave Griffiths completed the current line up in 2025. The band started with roots in thrash, death metal, black metal, and blackgaze, and then expanded into progressive rock, jazz, folk, classical touches, and wider melodic territory. The current lineup consists of Eric Fetterman on vocals and guitars, Yoshihiro Yamaji on lead guitar and Stick, Dave Griffiths on bass, DB Karma on keyboards, and Keisuke Tsuboi on drums.
Let’s get directly to the bone. This is progressive extreme metal that throws 1970s and 1980s progressive rock into a head-on collision with modern extreme metal. Beyond The Veil uses real vintage tools like Mellotron, Moog, and Chapman Stick to build their sonic landscape. The result has a warm, distinct texture that stands completely apart from the current modern landscape.
The compositions are intentionally long and totally uncompromised. The mixture of UK, Italian, Nordic, and Asian progressive rock structures with pre-2010 thrash, death, and black metal elements gives the album its true identity. The songwriting balances fragile sections with crushing, heavy movements. It is an ambitious effort that captures the spirit of the golden age of progressive rock without compromising on extreme metal aggression.
Eric Fetterman’s vocals and guitars give the album an aggressive front, with DB Karma’s keyboards adding atmosphere and a clear progressive identity. Yoshihiro Yamaji’s guitar work adds melody and movement, and the rhythm section gives the songs enough force to avoid floating away into prog self worship. There is a lot happening across "Oblivion", and the band avoids turning the album into empty showing off.
The best part of "Oblivion" is how it balances ambition with actual songwriting. It has grand arrangements, harsh parts, calm sections, and melodic passages, without losing its extreme metal core. Some moments may be too packed, and the long structures can ask more attention than casual ears are willing to give.
With "Oblivion", Beyond The Veil delivers a strong, serious, and highly crafted progressive extreme metal album. It has brains, aggression, atmosphere, and enough personality to stand apart from the usual modern metal pile. Almost perfect, not light listening, and not made for lazy ears, still a damn strong release from a band with a clear vision and the skill to back it up.
|8.5
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