Ark is beyond a shadow of a doubt one of progressive metal’s most progressive bands. That might sound weird, since you’d figure that prog metal is progressive by virtue of nomenclature. However, it’s not always true. The existence of the glut of lame Dream Theater clones out there seems to me a case in point. Here, the simple fact that there’s virtually no Dream Theater comparison possible means that Ark has attained something rare in the progressive metal genre — they are completely unique. Read more