Doug Harrison, the singer and guitarist of Canadian rock band Fen, launched a solo project in 2014 named Slug Comparisonto go in at the deep end of metal-tinged progressive rock. His new album A Battle to the End Fought on the Edge of a Knife is a journey through darkness, with only the aid of drummer of Flavio Cirillo (Art of Dying, Puddle of Mud) to bring the tracks to life. Harrison's skills as a guitarist and bass player, plus a way above average knowledge of programming, enabled him to make the songs sound like a full band having a blast.
Whether he goes fast (Outta the Jam) or takes it down a notch in the self-deprecating title track when he describes his job as punching in numbers into a blue screen with the great line "I want to die with only minor regrets". The highlight is a twisted power ballad about to having much too much of a good thing (Too Much Love).
