"Pathless Land is an idea that has its roots in ideas from many years ago, when I was in my formative years getting into the European metal bands and artists ranging from Blind Guardian to Emperor and In Flames. I also was simultaneously getting into more progressive artists such as Genesis and also had already explored bands such as Pink Floyd or other more "space" or "experimental" offerings. In 2010, I decided to quit my previous band "Tempest Eternal". Reasons both personal and musical, but mainly with a desire to expand musical horizons and keep the musical eclecticism that both Tempest and the previous incarnation "Cyclic Creation" had promised. The current lineup of Tempest was committed to a different musical direction than I, and the band was not the same as the one the previous lineup was. . I had ideas for a side project with total creative control for awhile, and also a project/band where my vocal aspirations were realized as well. With this in mind, I decided to quit. Pathless Land is a result of a desire to realize these musical aspirations, and though it is only a seed of what is to come, I am very happy that the debut EP has been finished. Pathless is an outlet for all of my musical dreams, goals and aspirations I have had since I was very young, and even though it may have some very wide ranging wanderings musically, I feel that some of the elements in the songs, whether it'd be the synth/midi sounds, or the sound of my voice, can create coherence. Other bands can play songs with similar structures and similar visions- and sometimes this can be calculated or just having a vision of a limited musical breadth. My musical ideas with Pathless are ambitious, but I feel that subconsciously, certain patterns DO emerge and there is a scope even if its a wider ranging one (at least for metal). Direction within the directionless, structure within the chaos. The songs on the ep are power metal, a more spacey ballad type song, and a melodic technical death metal song. I feel that this encompasses a basic sketch of what Pathless will be about; a certain traditionalism but let loose with different smears of post-progressiveness."