THEN COMES AFFLICTION TO AWAKEN THE DREAMER

WARNING!A MUSICAL MONUMENT OF TECNHICAL METAL! This album is the so awaited new demonstration of some unbelieveble technical capacities by this Norvegians,the band in which we find the sensational guitar player from SPIRAL ARCHITECT-KAJ GORNITZKA-also involved in the fabulous album of the ultra technical monsters already mentioned !Why I said the new demonstration?Because the technical prog lovers had the hope thet this album will be the follower of the SPIRAL ARCHITECT musical bomb!Well,it is and it is not!It is,because we definitelly find here some of the crypted technical demonstration that we found at SE,and it is not,because this album is a little more calme ...more song orientated and more accessible than A SCEPTIC 'S UNIIVERSE!Don't believe thet this album has many weak points compared to SPIRAL,no way,but it hasn't the frenzy and fury that A SCEPTIC has!The fact that we make always comparisons with SPIRAL ARCHITECT comes from the way how the album is mixed-and it's normal to have the same sound almost,because responable with the mixing it's Mr Neil Kernon himself-the magician behind the consols!And the album has a monster sound!The diversity is present and the aggressive approach makes this album to be considered extreme!But an intelligent extremism and ,musically speaking ,when we think that it was necessary 5 years for the guys in the band to launch it,we realise at what point the complexe songs were worked!Impressive from hhe first to the last note-an album without any weak point,comparable with any other ultra technique prog metal missile !Amazing virtuosity from some heavenly gifted musicians,fans of WATCHTOWER,CYNIC,PESTILENCE,ATHEIST and of course SPIRAL ARCHITECT will consider this album an ear candy!AND 100 % IT IS!!! 5 STARS and nothing more to say about it !