STORM CORROSION

This album is truly a portal to another world. The ethereal atmosphere is breathtaking, beautiful, and many times even frightening. Mikael's Guitar riffs, while sounding quite familiar to those in Opeth, are seamlessly assimilated into a totally new style, which is hauntingly romantic. I got the same sort of emotions from this masterpiece as from Still Life. While Steven Wilson sings most of the vocal lines, It sounds like to me that Mikael's style dominated the record, though not in a bad way. Steven Wilson's signature keyboard/string effects compliment Mikael's musical style in a brilliant manner. If you like either of these artists, or love them both to death like me, you will certainly not be disappointed if you have an open musical mind, as any progger should. The only thing I know that is anything like this album is Maudlin of the Well or Kayo Dot, but those two simply pale in creativity and emotion when put up against this masterpiece of Progressive music.