Nova Collective
The Further Side is the debut and, as of 2026, only studio album by Anglo-American progressive metal supergroup Nova Collective, released on 10 March 2017 via Metal Blade. It was promoted by the single "Dancing Machines", released earlier on 31 January.
Nova Collective was formed in 2014 by British guitarist Richard Henshall (Haken, To-Mera) and American bassist Dan Briggs (Between the Buried and Me). After exchanging demos and performing jams, they were joined by American drummer Matt Lynch (Cynic, Trioscapes) and British keyboardist Pete Jones (then ex-Haken). The group announced in December of that year that they were working on their debut album, then scheduled for a 3 March 2017 release.
The group is self-defined as a blend of jazz fusion and progressive rock; critics also see elements of both genres and progressive metal in their sound, with some pointing out touches of Latin jazz, samba and world music.
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