ANUBIS GATE

I have to admit I am not the biggest fan of progressive metal in the world. I am an not a fan at all, in fact. I got this album from their PR agent and I also interviewed the band some time ago so here is my honest opinions about this, their brand new album.

Anubis Gate from Denmark does typical prog metal with a lot of melody, big production and some small details which spices up the songs. This sounds like an album made in 2010/11 and it probably is too.

The songs are all good and their big sound with multi layered instruments suits these songs well. My main gripe is that what I get is what I expected to get. There is no surprises and nowhere on this album which makes me sit up and take notice. This is good fare for the fans of the band and in particular; this genre. For an outsider; this is nice fare, but nothing more than that.

Good, but not great and neither is it an interesting album. Fans of prog metal out there should check out this album though because it ticks all the right boxes.

3 stars