The video's hazy atmosphere conveys the mood projected by "Reimagined," which starts off with a simple drum beat and repetitive, thumping bass line. Clean-picked guitar chords color the track with ...

The Contortionist are back with their third album, 'Language,' and it's a key one for the band as they make the transition to new frontman Michael Lessard. Loudwire had a chance to chat with guitarist ...

WHAT'S DIFFERENT: After maintaining the trend of emphasizing the “progressive” aspect over the “metal” of their early releases, on the Contortionist’s fourth full-length, the latter has exited the ...

But as if that wasn’t enough, MetalSucks can now exclusively reveal that Lessard has joined The Contortionist as their new full-time vocalist. While this may not exactly be surprising news, given that ...

When the Contortionist released their first full-length record, Exoplanet, in 2010, they were one of the most exciting things to come out in the realm of progressive metal for a long time. Where the ...

The Contortionist's Good Fight debut, 'Exoplanet,' isn't out until Aug. 31, but the Indianapolis band is debuting the song 'Flourish' right here on Noisecreep today. 'Exoplanet' was produced by ...

There will be a whole lot of synergy going on between The Contortionist and Last Chance to Reason in the immediate future. That's because Last Chance to Reason frontman Mike Lessard has signed on to ...

Few fans are as intense as those of progressive metal. Full of experimentation, non-standard ideas and borrowing elements of jazz and classical music, the genre’s subtle nuances are dissected and ...

6 p.m. Downtown Music Hall. $12 adv., $15 day of. Indianapolis quintet The Contortionist has an appropriate name. This is a group that takes heavy metal and bends and twists and turns and warps it ...

The Contortionist frontman Michael Lessard (ex-Last Chance to Reason) has released his very first solo track, “Use the Rest,” a startlingly honest piece about depression and anxiety with an ...