Is freaking amazing....
I am REALLY enjoying it. I don't have time to track a full like song by song review but man its really good...
Pagan's Mind (to me) have seemed to tame down the proggy side a bit for this record. Most of the songs stay in a normal 4/4 and trade the proggy stuff in for MORE new grooves and MORE amazing HOOKS. I had a discussion briefly with Lance on my facebook and I was starting to see how most prog bands sacrifice vocal hooks and just solid 'catch' for making a record musically progressive and crazy.... I think when bands do this you loose a lot with the singer as far as then being able to sing something that will drill its catchy-ness into your head due to un-natural (to the normal mind) rhythms that throw your metal horns and head out of 'bang'.....er....time...
anyways I thought it was shocking that from my ears when this cd first started spinning. immediately there was just normal drumming and fantastic vocals.... this goes on for the majority of the cd.... most of the crazy prog stuff happening in the bridges and solo sections to not distract from the music as a whole during the actual song, and there they were really good!.... which I totally applaud. There are classic Pagan's Mind crazy shit though but this time only used as "sprinkles". even some of the crazy guitar riffing is sill "groove-able" since its in a normal time!!! makes for great thing to throw the horns and headbang too. I would almost consider Pagan's Mind a power metal band more now than a prog band....
or a Power Metal band with prog sprinkles....
either way... fantastic cd. gets a 9/10 for me... maybe even a 9.5
10/10 would be just a few less sprinkles, there are still some crazy parts that kinda distract a bit from me, but ONLY just a few less sprinkles, and that's just me being a dick. hahaha
but the majority of the cd makes up for all of this and also for any other crazy shit they ever did.....
oh an jorn has some of the best lead guitar tone i have ever heard...and im currently enjoying the almost sonata arctica sounding power metal drum part in the song follow your way... its really nice to see them do something like that
wins me over! see ya round town.
I am REALLY enjoying it. I don't have time to track a full like song by song review but man its really good...
Pagan's Mind (to me) have seemed to tame down the proggy side a bit for this record. Most of the songs stay in a normal 4/4 and trade the proggy stuff in for MORE new grooves and MORE amazing HOOKS. I had a discussion briefly with Lance on my facebook and I was starting to see how most prog bands sacrifice vocal hooks and just solid 'catch' for making a record musically progressive and crazy.... I think when bands do this you loose a lot with the singer as far as then being able to sing something that will drill its catchy-ness into your head due to un-natural (to the normal mind) rhythms that throw your metal horns and head out of 'bang'.....er....time...
anyways I thought it was shocking that from my ears when this cd first started spinning. immediately there was just normal drumming and fantastic vocals.... this goes on for the majority of the cd.... most of the crazy prog stuff happening in the bridges and solo sections to not distract from the music as a whole during the actual song, and there they were really good!.... which I totally applaud. There are classic Pagan's Mind crazy shit though but this time only used as "sprinkles". even some of the crazy guitar riffing is sill "groove-able" since its in a normal time!!! makes for great thing to throw the horns and headbang too. I would almost consider Pagan's Mind a power metal band more now than a prog band....
or a Power Metal band with prog sprinkles....
either way... fantastic cd. gets a 9/10 for me... maybe even a 9.5
10/10 would be just a few less sprinkles, there are still some crazy parts that kinda distract a bit from me, but ONLY just a few less sprinkles, and that's just me being a dick. hahaha
but the majority of the cd makes up for all of this and also for any other crazy shit they ever did.....oh an jorn has some of the best lead guitar tone i have ever heard...and im currently enjoying the almost sonata arctica sounding power metal drum part in the song follow your way... its really nice to see them do something like that
wins me over! see ya round town.
