BRILLIANT STREAMS

Ken, that's perfect metaphor, indeed this is quite cold music, because of on what this is based - electronic synths, but at the same time, this gives you a feeling of refreshing energy. Oh yeah, this album is full of raw energy, even a little bit dark, but this is sound of late 80s, the good way how to make music in the era of terrible music. Dark ages to be frank. So this band adopted some of these elements (synths), but I'm really glad that they didn't resign on drum post and are using real drummer (I mean living being).

Cold beauty isn't bad thing at all. Big ensemble of musicians gives this power and it's quite nice to listen to this complex composition (not one of these songs is simple, again victory for common sense and music lovers).

Rogus is different, more heavier (even nothing extreme in general, but when compared to previous and later song/s, it's audible. Even the song follows basically the same structure. Last epic track is calm composition that uses this length in different way than previous songs. More depends on silent, quiet parts, there's no rush in this track.

4(-), Japan scores again, even this epic doesn't please me as I though it will.