Nekrogoblikon’s New Song “Magic Spider” is Classic AOR Gold

I’ve been going down a serious AOR rabbit hole lately, exploring the deep cuts of Night Ranger, Dominoe, Journey and more, so Nekrogoblikon’s latest song “Magic Spider” comes at just the right time.

Some of this track has got the zany brand of melodic, riffy death metal for which the band has become known — available in spades on their other new song “The Skin Thief” — but there’s a definite ’70s / ’80s prog rock / AOR streak here that I’m absolutely loving. That piano riff! And the modulation at the 2:55 mark! MWAH!

Explains frontman Nicky Calonne:

“I think this is a very special song for us. I wanted to play around with odd time signatures and somehow stumbled across this piano riff that totally reminded me of the classic rock/AOR days. It almost has a Rick Wakeman/Yes vibe to it, but perhaps it’s a bit more flamboyant. I love to imagine playing this song live, and just watching Raptor playing it under a spotlight as the song begins, and just thinking like- ‘this guy is the shit, man!’ The song goes on a special journey, from pop-prog to pop-punk to space-surf metal to tropical to epic choral to broadway to calypso to god knows what else. I really hope everyone enjoys the song as much as I do!”

Think about bringing Nicky’s visual interpretation to life as you jam the new song below; maybe some day they’ll be able to make it a reality, at least in music video form.

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