Anyone else listened to this? Since there's a good bit of love for prog metal here, I thought it would be worth a mention. Angelic Warlord named it #1 out of their Top 15 albums of 2012, and while Angelic Warlords reviews / recommendations are very hit and miss for, I must admit I was impressed with this one.
Brief bio from their website:
I'm usually underwhelmed by musical "supergroups," but I really enjoyed their work. As the title suggests, it's a concept album dealing with Biblical End times.
The lyrics are mostly direct quotations from scripture. As they put it: "Without personal color, just the plain text." How that well that works varies quite a bit throughout the course of the album. Sometimes it's pretty cool, other times it makes me cringe. They're presented in a way that makes it interesting enough, but it really feels like the music was written with little or no regard for the words other than just suiting the general theme.
Fortunately, this isn't a lyrics-heavy album, and the music is awesome. You can listen to a couple of the songs and a teaser here..
One thing I feel I should mention is that this isn't a Christian band. I have no idea what any of their beliefs are except for Morse (Christian) and Rudess (Jewish), and they're guest musicians, but according to the band the album presents "one of many views on how things will end. Or not..... It's up to time to decide." So maybe their next album will be based on the Quran or the Bhagavad Gita, if it has a religious theme at all. Regardless, it's a cool album and something that I enjoy as both a Christian and a metal lover.
Brief bio from their website:
I'm usually underwhelmed by musical "supergroups," but I really enjoyed their work. As the title suggests, it's a concept album dealing with Biblical End times.
The lyrics are mostly direct quotations from scripture. As they put it: "Without personal color, just the plain text." How that well that works varies quite a bit throughout the course of the album. Sometimes it's pretty cool, other times it makes me cringe. They're presented in a way that makes it interesting enough, but it really feels like the music was written with little or no regard for the words other than just suiting the general theme.
Fortunately, this isn't a lyrics-heavy album, and the music is awesome. You can listen to a couple of the songs and a teaser here..
One thing I feel I should mention is that this isn't a Christian band. I have no idea what any of their beliefs are except for Morse (Christian) and Rudess (Jewish), and they're guest musicians, but according to the band the album presents "one of many views on how things will end. Or not..... It's up to time to decide." So maybe their next album will be based on the Quran or the Bhagavad Gita, if it has a religious theme at all. Regardless, it's a cool album and something that I enjoy as both a Christian and a metal lover.
