THE SECOND ONE

Ukrainian band CTHULHU RISE first appeared on the scene with their debut album "42" in 2012, which was released by the French label Musea Records. They had been active for five years at this point, and the material on that album was already a couple of years old. "The Second One" is their sophomore effort, and consists of material developed from 2013 and onward. On this occasion the band decided to self-release the album.

Instrumental bands that explore avant-garde and metal combined into expressive, challenging endeavors aren't the kind of bands that will ever sell music by the truckload. There is an audience for such creations however, and that audience should find this album to be a most rewarding experience, I suspect. Especially those among them who don't mind the occasional inclusion of details that appears to have more of a classical music orientation.