Sun Caged

Ex-Lemur Voice guitarist Marcel Coenon and drummer Dennis Leeflang got together in the spring of 1999 to form Sun Caged. This progressive metal band originates from The Netherlands. Their first self-titled studio album was released in 2003. It includes some outstanding tracks like Hollow, Closing In and 8th Day. Though like most progressive metal bands it has been influenced by the mother of modern progressive metal - Dream Theater, it has its own style which tones down the large musical interludes usually present in progressive metal to a very digestible amount. The complexity and variations is quite acceptable for someone who is new to progressive metal and the album has very melodic vocals (absolutely no growling) thus making a good album to start off with.


Rating: (Lyrics - 8, Riffs - 8.5, Overall Appeal - 8) - 8.16/10.

The band came back in 2007 with the album Artemisia. But the line up was almost completely changed except for Marcel Coenon. The album didn't live up to its expectations. Though the lyrics are quite nice, the riffs are either weak or too similar to their debut album. Hopefully the forthcoming albums are better.

Rating: (Lyrics - 9, Riffs - 6, Overall Appeal - 6) - 7/10.