IN HUMANITY

For someone who has just learned the drums, the man behind the band Riz Story makes sure you can hear his drums in the mix. on this album. He uses all his toms with some complex patterns. The bass also is up in the mix with plenty of keys/piano throughout the album. The melody is brought on another level with some excellent singing including the voice of Jon Davison on one track. The music relies more on building an intense atmosphere with a slow tempo, some dreamy and spacey passages along with short heavier outbursts and some post-rock elements. The singing tone reminds me a lot of Bono from U2 which is not a bad thing. The guitars are low profile but still present and have impressed me in the first track "Elations' which has some groovy parts. In the shorter song "The Pale Blue Dot", you can hear a Crimsonesque style of guitar with that huge bass sound. "Don't Swallow Tomorrow" has some Black Sabbath influences for the most part, but in the end the music here is unique and I am glad to have discovered this band or this Riz Story who has made a lot of music and has filled many roles not only on the world of music but also in the movies and poetry department.