BACK TO TIMES OF SPLENDOR

First of all, i read Prog-Archives warning about ratings but I really love this record. So everything I say about this I will be a suspect and you, the reader, may not want to take my word for it, but please listen to it.

The first song i hear from this album was the title track "Back To Times Of Splendor" and to this day it's still my facourite metal song ever! And that's saying something seen that I like a lot of genres inside Metal music. So, whe I heard this song it really grabbed me and I listened to it for a long long time until I got the full album and I fell in love by this band, just for them to let me down with "Gloria".

But anyway, "Back To Times Of Splendor" starts of with a bang whith the one of the most technical riffs in the whole album, the beginning of "And The Mirror Cracked" blows me away and it will surely blow you too. It ends on a progressive tune with "The Sleep Of Restless Hours", the 17min lenght song.

This album mixes the heaviest sound found in European Death Metal but it also brings to you the most melodic parts ever heard in Progressive Metal. Of course I'm a suspect because this album threw me against my ceiling and slowly brought me to the floor on angels wings. The drums are a major factor on the characteristic sound of this band alongside the techincal bass and the heavy recorded guitars and masterfully played.

You can expect a full album. This song just gives you a sound that many of you Melodic Death Progressive fans were looking for. Opeth or Enslaved fans will find here other band to worship (or at least other album). It joins here impressive progressive progressive elements and well placed melodic parts with very well played riffs, with the "brutalness" of Death Metal.

To sum:

It is a must have album! You must not miss this opportunity to hear a powerfull progressive metal masterpiece.

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