RITUALS

Well, only the third review of this album so far. So despite the fact Ageness is on our "top 40" of bands lately because of their latest release they are not yet a big name apparently. This is my second album and review of the band. The successor Imagness was very worth while to me and made me check out more as I predicted.

Looking at the two albums in question there is really some difference and to me it's obvious that Rituals is their earlier album. Not that it's really immature but Imageness was in every sense a true progalbum with a tremendous shorter and longer epic on it. Rituals is more of a song oriented album with eleven (actually nine) more or less equable songs where quality is concerned. So therefor I will not work my way through all songs this time because it would become a repititive exercise. All songs are in between 3.00 and 3.50 stars score except for the last one, the longest track and the highlight Mortal Wings of Sin II reaching the 4 stars almost.

So I'm right in between the two already present reviews where my score and opinion is concerned. I don't think this is a poor amateurish effort nor is it a masterpiece. It's a fine album guarenteeing a one hour enjoyment, at least if you are a neo prog fan. The instrumental handling and also the compositions are the stronger aspects of Ageness. The vocals are not bad but as I said in my other review: not everyone will enjoy them I fear. A well deserved three star score for Rituals is the final verdict (3,2).