Steven Handle

Mikael Åkerfeldt of Opeth and Steven Wilson of Porcupine Tree have collaborated before, but Storm Corrosion is the product of their combined creativity. The music of the debut is ambient avant-folk with elements of jazz and symphonic music, and therefore rather different than the styles the duo have explored with their respective bands. Wilson concentrated on keyboards and arrangements, leaving Åkerfeldt to handle most of the guitar work. What sparse drumming appears on the album is there courtesy of Gavin Harrison (Porcupine Tree, O.S.I., The Tangent).

The Hamburg-based musician Frank Us looks back on a long musical career. He played in a few local bands before turning music into his profession, successfully composing jingles for products and companies. His secret love is and has always been the progressive rock that had the biggest musical influence on him. Frank Us and his friends have created a debut album that delivers an enormous bandwidth and that was clearly inspired by the golden era of progressive rock. Bands like ELP, Genesis, Marillion, UK, Yes, Rush, the early Queen or King Crimson were the influences that cemented Frank's love for this genre…