THE SERPENT'S EGG

1 The Host Of Seraphim bam we go straight into it; the voice, the backing vocals, for film buffs think back to the nanard of 'Mist', the end could only have this title in support; end of the world, beginning of an arid land where nothing yet flows? the ultimate title when you want to have peace; I won't go back on the quality of Lisa's voice, the musical woman of my dreams... I find that there is a lot of love in the music I listen to... take the time, this will be the only title long before the last 2... Yes there is prog in there, yes it dates from the 'Operation Mindcrime' era, yes it's beautiful and that's all; ah ah ah ahahahaha, Lisa if you didn't know her and you're not yet 50 you're lucky... 2 Orbis De Ignis wake up, mantra, hymn, liturgies, you have the choice a sound of bell and we leave 3 Severance ah a church organ...just kidding! Although with the voice of Brendan we believe it; soft, bewitching, religious, dreamlike, ecstatic... DCD's music is available in Electronic music, Ambient, Rock, Experimental, Dark wave, Ethereal wave, Classical, Medieval, Downtempo, Dark ambient, Dream pop, Alternative rock, New age, folk, new wave, neo-classical dark wave and indie rock; unclassifiable I tell you ambient prog I will add, later world music quite simply 4 The Writing On My Father's Hand a mantra on an instrument of time, monolithic yes, irritating that can if you are not familiar with the singular and exceptional universe of the DCD; Lisa lets her voice out right at the end 5 In The Kingdom Of The Blind The One‐Eyed Are Kings here you know everything with the title; it's not the madmen asking for a king but the one-eyed people who are masters here.... easy but yes everything is interconnected...1'45'' and the majestic trumpets and drums remind us that the prog is is nestled all over the place; good a divine crescendo what more could you ask for; Brendan whom I had trouble, whom I named as responsible for the break-up of the said group, Brendan whose end-of-the-century album I threw myself into... it finally passes the time, Brendan, a great composer 6 Chant Of The Paladin towards Tintin in Tibet, yes it's easy but I could have said Tintin in America; good Tintin in the Middle Ages I don't know if it appeared because this paladin gives a hard time... A mantra one more bewitching or annoying 7 Song Of Sophia ooh there... the voice, it tears, it rocks; an air that goes back to previous albums 8 Echolalia and another Middle American or Indian canticle, all in perfect echolalia, huh what that's precisely the title ah damn I didn't know... hypnotic mantra 9 Mother Tongue returns to the DCD sound, pads, percussion, tambourines; it jumps all over the place, it puts you in a trance without you realizing it, even my fingers twitch while tapping rhythmically; it reminds me of Gabriel with his African world incursions, a return to the progressive past, where we didn't need translation to understand each other; Lisa goes into a trance-mantra on a synth flute at the end; the water acts as a purifier to clean your ears from today's music. 10 Ullyses at the end with a hypnotic, soporific air on a medieval trance with harpsichord; the DCD spirit title where you move, where your brain stops thinking, phew it feels good from time to time.

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