Liberation
Ice Age
- Style
- Prog metal
- Label
- Magna Carta
- Year
- 2001
- Reviewed by
- Chris
/ 100
Killing songs: The Lhasa Road, The Blood Of Ages, The Guardian Of Forever.
Interesting prog band, not really a diamond of originality but they have many
other qualities. I dunno what's going on since it seems I start to like the
style (prog) more and more lately.
The band plays a good, very progressive meta or rock (depending on the songs
and moments) and they demonstrate a high level of musicianship and song writing.
Their vocalist is very good at his job and fits perfectly the music. The guitar
solos can be amazing, both technical and melodic, and they often are doubled
with keyboard solos. A lot of transitions, most of time handled very smoothly
(when they aren't too many of them in a single song). Production is at the rendez-vous
to deliver a crystal clear sound. My only complain would be that sometimes the
bands tries to go to far into the compositions, making the song too long, too
complicated and sometimes even boring. Thats unfortunate cause sometimes a song
starts really well, and after 5 minutes, it goes in every direction and start
to get really boring as it lose its structure.
So the guys might not have invented anything new here, but they play a very
enjoyable music, very progressive, positively charged and with very good moments
but also with a few boring moments. If they can get loose of the superficial
moments in their music, they would improve the overall greatly. I feel they
have what it takes to become a very good prog band. For every prog metal fan, check this one out. Keep up the good
work.