I thought that Erik Thomas' (Metal Review) review was spot on
.therefore no need for me to say the same thing. So I figured I review Aphotic in a different manner. I told my 12 year old daughter to listen to the CD in its entirety. Then to listen to each song separately and while doing so, I gave her a pack of crayons (old school, only 8 crayons; red, green, blue, purple, yellow, orange, brown, black) and told her to use each crayon for a different song, and draw a picture representing the CD and each song. Of course, this was no easy task for a 12 year old, mostly because of the lyrics..either not understanding what some words meant, or the meaning in sentences. Even the song title she had to look up. The colors of green, yellow, and orange were very difficult for her to use, because as she put it, They are too happy for this CD. She decided to choose her colors for those songs by selecting a phrase or sentence directly in those songs. Here is each song, and the crayon she associated with each:
1) The Dark Host she chose purple, only because as she said Black is already taken, so the next dark color is purple..and that is what surrounds us.
2) Harvest Scythe blue .cold blue steel reminded her of some of the machinery out on the dairy farm she lives on.
3) Buried brown, Easy, because you bury someone in dirt
4) What Could Have Been she chose red, and only because of the phrase Empty arms, were changed forever, when two hearts break together.
5) Of Age and Origin Part 1: A Violent Day green, and it was difficult with green, but the phrase Starvation for lights rebirth; youll see in the picture some wilted flowers, starving for light.
6) Of Age and Origin Part 2: A Day of Joy yellow..and the phrase To scribe the tale of age and origin, where words are mine and mine alone; the yellow balloon is her way of rising above the darkness.
7) Six Sides orange, a box It was the only color left
8) Shadow Play black, was the first crayon to go, because in her words, Shadows are the only true darkness well, besides vampires *giggles*
I am a little disappointed in the quality of her artwork, because she had done much, much better but she drew this in only 30 minutes. Alas, we have Aphotic through the eyes of a 12 year old girl:
1) The Dark Host she chose purple, only because as she said Black is already taken, so the next dark color is purple..and that is what surrounds us.
2) Harvest Scythe blue .cold blue steel reminded her of some of the machinery out on the dairy farm she lives on.
3) Buried brown, Easy, because you bury someone in dirt
4) What Could Have Been she chose red, and only because of the phrase Empty arms, were changed forever, when two hearts break together.
5) Of Age and Origin Part 1: A Violent Day green, and it was difficult with green, but the phrase Starvation for lights rebirth; youll see in the picture some wilted flowers, starving for light.
6) Of Age and Origin Part 2: A Day of Joy yellow..and the phrase To scribe the tale of age and origin, where words are mine and mine alone; the yellow balloon is her way of rising above the darkness.
7) Six Sides orange, a box It was the only color left
8) Shadow Play black, was the first crayon to go, because in her words, Shadows are the only true darkness well, besides vampires *giggles*
I am a little disappointed in the quality of her artwork, because she had done much, much better but she drew this in only 30 minutes. Alas, we have Aphotic through the eyes of a 12 year old girl:
