BE

When listening to Be, you need one thing: to read the lyrics and understand the concept. They build a body with the music. Be is a story about a God creating humans according to his image in order to understand better his own self. Metaphysic spoken words in a strange vortex, then the multiplication of the humans, then their story, beginning with a tribal atmosphere. But the humans get burnt with ambition and madness, it's time to cry: the rain is its symbol (Pluvius Aestivus). Beautiful piece of music. Then we have the core of the album, with ambitious lyrics and an astonishing work of Gildenlöw, a lot of different vocals are used here; the music has jazzy, rock and metal touches. And finally we reach the end of the album with 2 splendid songs: Iter Impius and Martius/Nauticus II. If you've read the long decadence of humanity, you can be nothing else than deeply touched by these melancholic parts. This album is a unique experience and the best concept album ever, to my humble opinion.