Aghora is the self-titled debut album by progressive metal band Aghora, released on March 24, 2000.“Jazz-metal” Is another style commonly associated with this band.
Origin: USA (Florida – Miami)
Aghora was put together by Berklee trained guitar virtuoso Santiago Dobles along with ex-Cynic members Sean Reinert on drums and Sean Malone on bass. They combine the enchanting female vocals of Santiago’s sister, Danishta Rivero, with some very technical progressive metal. The vocal timbre is a bit reminiscent of The Gathering’s Anneke Van Giersbergen arranged very atmospherically and accompanied by music that would be most accurately described as tech-metal in the style of Cynic (no surprise there), Watchtower, or Spiral Architect.
