Check out some music by a friend of mine!

So my friend (who lurks here, but hasn't ever gotten around to creating an account) put out a CD this year. I've known the guy since high school and he's always been an exceptional drummer, but he's actually quite the multi instrumentalist. He does every instrument on his album and sings. He wrote all the music and the lyrics for it as well. I gotta say, he has quite a gift for song writing, IMO. He is a big MP, DT, and Rush fan so I think you guys might dig his music. Having been given his approval I would like to link two of his songs here that he has uploaded to see if you guys like them. I would classify his music as progressive metal. So if you (which I assume most of us here do) enjoy progressive metal, progressive rock, please check out his tunes. And if you aren't into prog these days... Well, please check it out any way! :)
 
This is the first song. It's called "You Think You Know (But I Promise You Don't)"
 
http://soundcloud.com/ryan-simpson/you-think-you-know
 
And this is the second... It's called "New Low"
 
http://soundcloud.com/ryan-simpson/new-low
 
Enjoy folks. :p