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Second album by Sonic Pulsar (Hugo "Project Creation" Flores' main project), released by Mellow Records, featuring Nuno Ferreira on the bass guitar section and two special guests! A breakthrough in Sonic's sound, with amazing power, soundscapes, visions of the future, and a great sci-fi story awaits you all.

“Advanced beings,
Creating time and space,
Man and machine,
Always in control,
Forgetting that
they’re also part of a whole”

Out of Place is a concept album, divided into two parts. The first part features 4 stand-alone songs, including the aclaimed "Schizophrenic Playground" - a journey into a Mind...
The first two songs focus on the more mainstream rock/metal sound of Sonic Pulsar.
The second part is a tremendous journey through space, time and the sci-fi story of Out of Place. This second part is the most progressive one, and represents the best in Sonic Pulsar's music views and ideas.
This concept album mostly tells the story, and point of view, of a star with a conscience, and also the point of view of someone living in a planet fed by the star's energy. The need to expand her knowledge and to get to know the corners of the universe, led to a supernova and the evacuation of the planet...

What the press says:
"Quite simply, "Out of Place" by Sonic Pulsar is one of the best Space Metal works I've ever heard"-progressor.net

Without a doubt, this CD is a great high quality album(...) - Reviewer: Gabor at Strutter Zine
(...)Musically the band is calmer than DREAM THEATER, but heavier than IQ, so you can fit them in somewhere between, and that's when a band like ARENA comes to mind when hearing some of SONIC PULSAR´s material. The 12 songs form together a sort of storyline, because each song is divided into several different parts. Without a doubt, this CD is a great high quality album which should be checked by every Progfan out there.

Quite simply, "Out of Place" by Sonic Pulsar is one of the best Space Metal work
Reviewer: VM from Progressor
(...)There is no lack of large-scaled instrumental arrangements on the songs either, and they are also richer in separately developing soft symphonic passages, provided mainly by piano and string ensemble(...)This is Space Metal in pure form, though musically, it's as diverse, complex and mesmerizing as the previously described tracks, i.e. most of the material. Conclusion. Quite simply, "Out of Place" by Sonic Pulsar is one of the best Space Metal works I've ever heard. Highly recommended. READ THE FULL REVIEW AT: http://www.progressor.net/review/sonic_pulsar_2005.html

Reviewer: Proggnosis
"It feels good! It really does! For several reasons, this new album by Portuguese talented guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Hugo Flores's brainchild Sonic Pulsar makes me sheer for the new generation of my country's progressive music. Released by Mellow Records, Out of Place only comes to prove what I have said in a prior review for this bands previous album: the talent is here for everyone to take notice and the support from a renowned label would eventually take Sonic Pulsar to boost its way to a whole new level. And so it is!... " - Review at Proggnosis.com

"Sonic Pulsar's previous album Playing The Universe was very good. Out Of Place, however, elevates the band into the big leagues(...)
"Schizophrenic Playground" is a 10+ minute, 5-part instrumental that starts off with an intro that could have been lifted from Tangerine Dream, and quickly develops into a guitar / piano driven piece. It alternates between Flores's frantic distorted solos and an elegantly simple piano line that floats over the top of a controlled metallic chaos. It is the piano that defines this and several other tracks (like "Moving Engines") - not because it dominates, but because of the stark melodic contrast it provides. "Instrumetal" is a very similar piece, driven by an aggressive guitar, and the standout track "I Heard of a Place Called Earth" is another 10-minute 5-part mini-epic with vocals and a far more 'progressive' structure. To follow the storyline, keep the track listing with you. It helpfully spells out the starting and ending point of each sub-section, and the titles make it easy to follow.
Out Of Place falls somewhere between Ayreon and hard rock. Lightly metallic, very technical, well constructed and characterized by good melodies. Well recommended.
" - full review at http://www.seaoftranquility.org

"Sonic Pulsar is a pure progressive metal machine whose music is full of arrangements and melodies." - review at music extreme

Musicians:
Hugo Flores - Vocals, electric and acoustic guitars, synths, piano, drums, panflutes
Carlos Mateus - Acoustic guitars, Electric guitars, some synths, Backing vocals
Nuno Ferreira - Bass guitars, Drum pads
Special guests for percussion and female vocals.

More info:
Lyrics by Hugo Flores & Carlos Mateus
Recorded at HFP. Mastered by Mellow Records.
Produced by Hugo Flores and Mellow Records.
All music by Sonic Pulsar.
Photos by Hugo Flores, Cátia Bettencourt and Fernando Flores.
Artwork by Greg Martin and Mattias Norén.