Shant Hagopian's personal blog – Semantic Saturation
2013 has been a great year for me, surrounded with amazing people like you who know how to appreciate great music.
I hope it has been a great year for all of you too. And let’s all hope for an even more awesome year in 2014.
Happy new fucking year everyone !
-Shant
This is insane! Solipsistic is #3 on Morow.com I’m completely speechless again! I can’t thank you guys enough.
#1 Jolly – The Audio Guide to Happiness Part II
#2 Steven Wilson – The Raven that Refused to Sing
#3 Semantic Saturation – Solipsistic
Source: www.morow.com
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Italian review web ‘zine Ages of Rock picks Solipsistic as one of the best albums in 2013.
Here’s the list:
COSMOGRAF – The Man Left In Space
AEON ZEN – Enigma
COMEDY OF ERRORS – Fanfare & Fantasy
SEMANTIC SATURATION – Solipsistic
Intronaut – Habitual Levitation
DAYS BETWEEN STATIONS – In Extremis
ANVISION – Astral Phase
ARLON – On the Edge
KINGBATHMAT – Overcoming the Monster
MASCHINE – Rubidium
DEAD HEROES CLUB – Everything Is Connected
PERSON LATTICE – Reaching High Places Above
PROSPEKT – The Colourless Sunrise
One late review for Solipsistic has surfaced on the dutch prog web ‘zine ProgPraat.com (Prog Talk)
Without further due, here’s the review (hey! that rhymed)
Edit: English translation below the original article is provided by Peter Degreef. Thank you Peter!
Voor de liefhebbers van instrumentale progressieve metal hebben we toch iets lekkers voor onder de kerstboom: Semantic Saturation, en dan wel hun debuutalbum ‘Solipsistic’.
Muziek zonder grenzen, dat is wat ik erover kan zeggen. Het volledige album staat op de bandcamppagina van de band, maar wie de muziek in de hoogste kwaliteit wil horen koopt ‘m natuurlijk gewoon. De opbrengsten gaan voornamelijk linea recta naar de band aangezien ze alles in eigen beheer doen en dus niets hoeven af te dragen aan een maatschappij of label. 
Het album is door meerdere (buitenlandse) recensenten al positief beoordeeld en ik kan me daar slechts bij aansluiten. Ik ben nog geen Nederlandse reviews tegengekomen, wat me verbaasde aangezien het album al in januari van dit jaar uitgekomen is. Uiteraard kan ik eventuele reviews gemist hebben.
Er zitten wat bekende namen bij dit project. Initiatiefnemer is Shant Hagopian die de gitaarpartijen doet, hulp krijgt hij van drummer Virgil Donati en bassist Ric Fierabracci. Als speciale gasten deden mee ex- Dream Theater-toetsenist Derek Sherinian en Vanden Plas-zanger Andy Kuntz. Niet dat er veel wordt gezongen, maar de laatste track, ‘What If We All Stop’ breekt de muzikale ban een beetje. Zeker te weten een heerlijk album!
source: http://progpraat.com/2013/12/16/semantic-saturation-solipsistic/
English translation by Peter Degreef
For lovers of instrumental prog metal I have found something nice for under the x-mas tree: the debut album by Semantic Saturation. Music without borders, is what I can say about it. For the best listening experience: buy the record. All benefits go straight to the band. Shant Hagopian plays guitar, Virgil Donati drums and Ric Fierabracci bass, with special guests ex- Dream Theater-keyboardist Derek Sherinian and Vanden Plas-singer Andy Kuntz. Not that there is much singing going on, but the last track ‘What If We All Stop’ breaks the spell al little. A wonderful album for sure!