Zisko, Oliver - Plan(e)t Based vinyl lp + free CD (due to size and weight, this price for the USA only. Outside of the USA, the price will be adjusted as needed)
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Oliver is a talented drummer from Hungary, who mostly works in metal-adjacent styles, but his is a talented guy who can play a lot of styles of music and this is a high energy modern fusion album with a lot of significant guests.
Additionally, he included free copies of his previous album ‘The Wonderous Slag’, which will be included at no cost to everyone who buys ‘Plan(e)t Based’.
“After recording many metal albums, I decided to change the concept for my upcoming release. Throughout 2025, I’ve been working on the mixes and videos for my fourth solo album, PLAN(e)T-based. The foundations of the songs were written earlier, between 2021 and 2023, and I have been developing them continuously over the past few years.
Musically, the concept differs from my previous release. While 'Global Warning' was a mixture of electronic music genres—such as drum and bass—and modern fusion elements, the new album moves toward progressive fusion, with a lot of polyrhythmic grooves, odd-time playing, horizontal-vertical drumming and flams, featuring an 8-string metal guitar sound." - Oliver Zisko
"The album features bassists Anthony Crawford (Allan Holdsworth band, Virgil Donati band), Péter Erdei, Roland Rácz, Péter Papesch, and Robin Zielhorst (ex-Cynic, Exivious, Obscura), alongside guitarists Márton Kertész (Special Providence, Sear Bliss, Rivers Ablaze), Marius Pop, and Attila Kovács (Bong-Ra, The Answer Lies in the Black Void). The album also includes a special guest appearance on keyboards by Derek Sherinian (Planet X, ex-Dream Theater).
The release is paired with medieval-inspired album art and cover design. Its 10 instrumental songs follow a yin-yang principle: the "darker" sounding tracks are placed on Side A, while Side B shifts into a brighter mood. This dual concept is visually reflected in the vinyl centre labels and the booklet insert.
“I deliberately chose an old-school approach in the mixing procedure, and I avoided grid alignment on the drums. I aimed to choose song titles — including the album title — that are realistic rather than sonorous or artistic. Every song title has its own. real, earthly story/message, which I detail in the booklet.”