“The trio will give you something new to listen to and try with their wide and expanded sound. They have a lot of influence from many eras between jazz fusion, pop, progressive rock and classic rock they’ll leave you guessing with all their mood changes and sound changes. There’s a lot of psychadelic melodies in here that’ll leave you drifting away…..metaphorically, not literally. The band takes a mature and melodic with their sophomore release (their first album was released in 2016). Our followers will love this band if you liked bands we’ve recently covered such as Tortoise Forest and Desert Of The Real.”
“Raleigh, NC’s instrumental trio Bruteus has released their sophomore effort, Anthem. The twelve-track studio recording, released on November 1, 2018, is an album that picks up right where their self-titled debut album left off...Fans of artists such as Tool, Dream Theater, Steve Morse, Guthrie Govan, Satriani, Vai, (and Rush of course) will find something to like here. The tunes are catchy and the album was obviously well recorded and mixed. There is no insane, unnecessary shredding, and melody is king.”
— Abstract Logix (Feb 01, 2019)