SHADE WITHOUT COLOR

An instrumental group from Hungary releases 'Shade Without Color' after 2020's 'Shape Without Form', originally it was to be a double album, well here already more than an hour to put their sound in your ears, it's is not bad. Both tracks are taken from the poem The Hollow Men by T.S. Eliot and both albums deal primarily with the subject of emptiness, the process of achieving it.

A sound stamped heavy prog that I will gladly fit into a post heavy prog stoner, if you see the subtlety. An album that is easy to listen to with incisive 'Get Rid Of', marking the imprint of the group and well-placed quotes, 'Leaders' more post than heavy, 'Chasing Time' the longest title and jam with sudden breaks, more spleen too. 'Let Me Be No Nearer' with this Arabic intro on a MYRATH, a crazy HAWKWIND sound, to the ORESOUND SPACE COLLECTIVE for the soaring violin, guitar, bass and tinkering. The final female voice brings sensuality. 'Acceptance' on a singular air, jazz-rock, groovy, atmospheric, vocals in the background, innovative. 'Deliberate Disguises' arrives, much more metal, almost syncopated, a bath of youth always with some voices which make you forget that we are on instrumental. 'Reaper Man' oriental intro before leaving on a heavy and electronic rhythmic tune; a tune à la QUANTUM FANTAY, it becomes captivating; the nervous finale that explodes and definitely gets you moving! Symphonic electronic 'Whimper', between an EPICA, a RAMMSTEIN, a THERION, it moves; a heavy riff there yes it is on, a solemn apocalyptic rise with 'The Hollow Man' quoted. 'Rejtekből' as a finale on an atmospheric crescendo, lamenting Middle Eastern female voice, the divine cello with clear percussion giving the atmosphere, a jewel.

Attention, trap album which 'does not look like' at the start; very quickly, there are pearls, jewels with lots of carats in there, it's just magnificent and stunning. An album to own and listen to on certain evenings as a cinematic base, bewitching post-rock.