Tastes Like Rock Magazine

Mark Claytor delivers some solid guitar driven, mostly instrumental rock on his Enharmonic Dissonance EP. His musicianship through the four songs is impeccable, compositions are methodical without being emotionless, hard without turning into shred metal, and create a narrative even through the songs that are all instrumental. Each song is self contained, but as stated, deliver a story through the notes without the aid of vocals, barring "Imbalance" which does have vocals on top of the instruments. While Claytor does make his own musical identity with his songwriting, there are several call backs in certain melodies and riffs to classic guitar virtuosi such as Vai and Malmsteen; this is not a detractor by any means. Claytor's sound is in the vein of current instrumental guitar rock, but honors the past enough that fans of any era of guitar rock can appreciate his music.