THE GREAT SILENT

The title of this release - "The Great Silent" - is due to the fact that the music on the disc is a kind of soundtrack to the cult silent movie films - "Nosferatu", "Frankenstein" and "Metropolis". Despite the fact that these films are considered "horror films," Enine's compositions can hardly be called gloomy or depressing. I feel the creativity of Camel of the classical period, the influence of Pink Floyd, Genesis and neoprog bands like Marillion. As a result, stylistically, this release is a mixture of symphoprog and neoprog. The album impresses with its detailed elaboration of almost every musical phrase, beautiful melodies, thoughtful arrangements, breathtaking compositional development, and a dreamy mood. It's hard to single out the best track, thanks to the exceptional integrity of this opus, but I would still risk it, calling "Workers" as the "highlight". This composition "captivates" to a large extent due to the extremely beautiful solo on the church organ a la Keith Emerson or Rick Wakeman in its middle, followed by an equally beautiful guitar part in the spirit of David Gilmour or Steve Rothery. However, everything else in this thing is also fine, for example, "conversations" of a flute with a guitar and keys. Well, and lovers of epics are unlikely to miss 16-minute work "Nosferatu (The Great Vampire)". 9/10

This one is very easy to review and can be summarized as "a fine example of a Camel-esque job". If you're in a hurry and that's enough to decide if it's worth listening, just feel free to skip the rest of the review.

Besides that, I'd add that the entire album is instrumental, and the camel references would be closer to Moonmadness and Snowgoose. The worst track is 'Waiting for...'. The best one is the 16min 'Nosferatu', with some "monstruous" vocalizations, changes of rythyms, and alternation between passionate and gloomy moods. Flute is very inspired, and it's evident that all members contributed for the composition.

If it wasn't for this track my score would be 3.3 stars. But instead of that, I give them a 3.7.