PASSAGE IN TIME

This album is, in essence, only a new song, live versions, the 1st demo and a newer version.

On Track 1 we found a newer version of "Vital Signs", called now "Vital Signs 2000", in which we found they cut off the calm-down (soothe) intro founded in the original one. Since we found the original version and the newer one in the same album, is very easy to compare. There are little more variations between the two songs, being the recording quality one of them. The sound in this track is far better (IMO) than the original, as well the drums are stronger, supplying with more fury.

On Track 2 there is a new track (the only in the entire album), which makes it the only surprise in the LP. On Track 3 they made a remix of the "Hunter-Killer" original track, being chopped down it's 1:30 final minutes. Tracks 4 & 5 are only live versions of two tracks of their previous album. Nothing remarkable, just the qualities you can find in any other live version. From now to end, we found something who can be interest of somebody who cannot be able to find their demo-debut album, with of course a mayor production level expected in a re-issue.

This album, in my opinion, only can be described as a filler between two "true" studio albums, being a reissue of their demo with filler tracks to calm the curiosity of a die-hard fan of this band.

Your excuse to buy it is to complete your collection or to obtain the Quo Vadis demo.

Passage In Time is a compilation album from Canadian technical extreme metal act Quo Vadis. It´s a collection of re-recordings, live versions and demo tracks. Quo Vadis play technical thrashy death metal which at times remind me of Death.

Vital Signs 2000 is a re-recording of a demo track from Quo Vadis self-titled demo from 1995 and it´s one of the more interesting songs on this compilation album. I´m not sure but I think As one is a new song and it´s in the typical thrashy death metal style. The Hunted (Hunter-Killer Remix) is a remix of The Hunter song from Quo Vadis second album Day Into Night (2000). Dysgenics and Point of No Return - Mute Requiem are live versions of the two songs also from Day Into Night. Pretty good live versions IMO. The last four songs on Passage In Time is from the self-titled 1995 demo. The songs have been re-mixed and re-mastered.

The musicianship is as usual very good.

The production varies as the newly recorded studio songs have great sound. The live songs have a pretty good sound and the demo songs have good demo quality sound.

Passage In Time is a fan release and newcommers to Quo Vadis should not start here. It´s very seldom that I find compilation releases with demo material and re-recorded versions of old songs interesting and that is also the case with Passage In Time. 2 stars is all I can give.