Surprise! It’s a special episode of CrossFade, thanks to a generous member of the MinnMax community. On Give to the Max Day, the MinnMax community raised more than $57,000 to help foster kids in Minneapolis. One of the many appealing donation rewards was an episode of CrossFade where the donor got to choose the album we talked about! Chris Fayter (a.k.a. Crayter) chose “Portal Of I,” the debut album of Australian prog metal band Ne Obliviscaris, which became one of his COVID-era comfort listens. We’re really jazzed to get back behind the mic to discuss some great, unique music. Thanks to Chris and the MinnMax community for their ongoing generosity! Go back a few decades to find new music: http://www.mediatraffic.de/tracks.htm We’d love it if you’d rate and review CrossFade on iTunes, ‘cause it means more people can find the show and love it, too! You can find Matt and Jason on Twitter at https://twitter.com/MattHelgeson and https://twitter.com/nintendufus respectively and in the #music channel of the MinnMax Discord server. Our theme song is “The Lights” by Maps Of Norway from their 2008 record, “Die Off Songbird”: https://open.spotify.com/album/7tNrjnRB1f1oQizkkAePrI Support MinnMax on Patreon and get access to tons of great, exclusive content: https://www.patreon.com/minnmax/ Listen to the CrossFade Community Playlist, a growing Spotify playlist of our community’s favorite music: https://spoti.fi/3aRRgox Timestamps 0:00 - Give to the Max 2023: Ne Obliviscaris’s “Portal Of I” 3:04 - A message from Crayter, charitable sponsor of this episode 13:40 - Ne Obliviscaris - "Portal Of I" 14:31 - Tapestry of the Starless Abstract 24:16 - Xenoflux 30:08 - Of the Leper Butterflies 37:06 - Forget Not 41:23 - And Plague Flowers the Kaleidoscope 51:23 - As Icicles Fall 54:44 - Of Petrichor Weaves Black Noise 1:05:15 - Community questions 1:40:43 - Sampha - “Jonathan L. Seagull” (suggested by MinnMax supporter notweirder)