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This is an incredibly well constructed album which oozes high-level musicianship and poetry. I (like many of you others out there) was a bit put back at the first listen, and thought "wow this is.... weird". After spinning it in my CD-player for 3 weeks have been made addicted to it. I think that this album contains no bad songs, but "nauticus" could in my opinion have been a tad shorter. Indeed "vocari dei" would have made just as great an impact if it had been a bit shorter too, and then I would perhaps stop skipping it every time. "Dea Pecuniae" was the first song I really got into on this album, because the intro made me say "hey, is this Pink Floyd or what??". That bass part must have been made with that effect in mind! I really enjoy Imago. Makes me happy in a way. Being very attached to lyrics in all music, I hope you read the lyrics to this one and try to understand it! The masterpiece song of this album (well, the one that I think stand out from all the other masterpieces anyway) is Iter Impius. Listen to it really loud in a dark room all alone and imagine how it would be to wake up "in a world devoid of forests and trees" Goosebumps!

The reason I am not mentioning all the song titles is that this is more of a whole than the earlier albums, even though they were also concept pieces. The Message (capital M on purpose) and overall impact of the album is more important than single songs in this album, evenmost some of the songs are extremely good. That is why a track like Nauticus never could become a hit, or even a standout track, but it works extraordinarily well in the context in which it is used (apart from being a tad on the lenghty side). It makes you think. At least it makes me think. The whole album has that effect. The theory of Creation as a cyclus of lonely people creating a similar world to try to understand themselves is a bit too.... "sought out" to me. but it really spotlights Man's interest and "need" to have something bigger, either a God or something else to trust because of the injustice we have experienced and are experiencing on earth. Being an atheist, I am naturally interested in religion and ethics and this confirmed some of my existing views and created some new as well! Daniel Gildenlöw is truly a genious! And his voice is one of the things that nearly makes me religious....

The reason I give "only" 4 out of 5 here is because there is no 4,99 rating and I believe that nothing can be perfect (perhaps apart from a few Steve Vai solos)

P.S. To all of you who has read this far: BUY THE LIVE "BE" DVD!!!!!!

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