Native Construct
Theatrical, hyper-composed metal that feels like a Broadway musical performed by virtuosos. Dense, whimsical, and relentlessly creative.
Theatrical, hyper-composed metal that feels like a Broadway musical performed by virtuosos. Dense, whimsical, and relentlessly creative.
Native Construct is an American progressive metal band formed in 2011 by students at the Berklee College of Music. Their sound is a highly sophisticated blend of technical metal, 20th-century classical composition, and musical theater.
The core trio of Myles Yang, Robert Edens, and Max Harchik utilized their academic background to craft 'Quiet World' (2015), a concept album that remains a cult classic in the prog-metal community. The band is noted for its 'programmatic' approach, where the music directly illustrates the narrative arc of the lyrics. Their influence web connects the technicality of Between the Buried and Me with the theatricality of Queen and the harmonic complexity of jazz fusion. Despite a limited discography, they are critically revered for their 'maximalist' production style, which involves hundreds of tracks per song to accommodate orchestral layers and complex vocal harmonies. Their position in the scene is that of the 'intellectual whimsicalist,' bridging the gap between the grit of metal and the polish of high-art composition.
Shares avant-garde jazz, symphonic metal, operatic, maximalist (subgenre)
Shares symphonic metal, theatrical, operatic, maximalist (subgenre)
Shares symphonic metal, operatic, choir/choral, progressive metal (subgenre)
Shares symphonic metal, theatrical, operatic, choir/choral (subgenre)
Shares symphonic metal, operatic, maximalist, choir/choral (subgenre)
Shares symphonic metal, operatic, choir/choral, progressive metal (subgenre)
Shares symphonic metal, operatic, maximalist, choir/choral (subgenre)
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