Member Since: 7/14/2006
Band Website: myspace.com/scalethesummit
Band Members: Chris Letchford
Drums: Pat Skeffington
Bass: Jordan Eberhardt
Guitar: Travis LeVrier
Interviews:
Unrestrained Magazine (November)
WOBC 91.5FM Interview Website
Interview w/ Hartboiled.net
Interview w/ Vampire Magazine
Interview w/ The Daily Texan
Interview w/ Unbound Webzine
Interview w/ Metal To Infinity
I Endorse:
Hipshot Bridges
Sherman Guitars
Conklin Artist Profile
Influences:
John Petrucci
Mike Portnoy
Guthrie Govan
Bireli Lagrene
Eric Johnson
Front Page
The Bad Plus
M83
Yes
Canvas Solaris
Jean Baudin
Spastic Ink
Cynic
At The Gates
Necrophagist
Frank Gambale
Tony MacAlpine
Jason Becker
Sounds Like: "Monument" Reviews:
"I was impressed this tech-heavy prog metal band from Houston shagged me down to send me their highly striking self-released debut album Monument. It sounds like these young brothers have spent considerable amounts of time around CANVAS SOLARIS, RUSH and Steve Vai’s influential Flexible album, but moreover, SCALE THE SUMMIT is a bit heavier than the aforementioned influences; at times much heavier. What’s particularly expressive on Monument is how SCALE THE SUMMIT sculpts each track with escalating rhythms and notes, each bar growing more and more detailed as both Chris Letchford and Travis Levrier weave literal tapestries on their guitars while bassist Jordan Eberhardt dances metrically beneath them, ringing his own voice prominently on “Wolves†and “Omni,†for example. The tones of these instrumentals are adventurous and inspiring as this band puts you in their musical pocket and drags you along their ascension, so it truly does feel like you’re scaling a summit with them. On occasion this band does repeat certain measures on the eight songs, not quite in ostinato fashion, but more so reprising along the way to remind you that you’re riding their audile journey with them. For the limited technology this unsigned act has at its disposal, Monument is nonetheless a beautifully tailored set of progressive instrumentals, and this band will only grow resoundingly once a smart label out there unearths these guys. The proficient Pat Skeffington will really set ears afire when a savvy producer catches his windy rolls and snare strikes as loudly as they should be. When that happens, SCALE THE SUMMIT will become one of America’s best prog metal units, bank on it."
-Ray Van Horn, Jr. (Amp Magazine "August/September" issue coming soon!)
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Record Label: Prosthetic Records
Type of Label: Indie