INTO THE EVERFLOW

After their debut masterpiece PW returned with an even stronger followup with this one. Like 'Social Grace' it's fairly unique but slightly darker this time around, with more atmosphere and subtile cleverness. After a rather symphonic opening with "Ashes" the music soon drifts into a series of psychedelic, heavy, odd-metered but incredibly creative and melodic songs that stand out even today. A tune like "Out of Mind" takes several listens before figuring everything out and it bursts with cool ideas and takes you on a minor rollercoaster ride for 5 minutes, while the staggering title track always grabs my imagination into the eerie and beautiful landscape on the cover and is a fabulous dynamic exercise with some really smooth twin guitar soloing in it's climax. Aside from the highly inventive songwriting I have to give the musicians credit as well, killer licks from everyone involved adding greatly to the music.

Although a fairly early progmetal band, PW remains unique and legendary even today and should definitely have gotten more recognition from fans of this genre instead of blindly praising Riverside, PoS and Dream Theater all day. All their albums are highly recommended, but this one is the absolute best overall, IMO. Highlights include "Out of Mind", "Into the Everflow", "Freakshow" & "Butterfly".