LUNAR GRAVE

There's one track that would fit on the debut. Lots of ethnic sounds on the rest and this is just a tough listen for me. But that lone song I'm talking about "Eyes Of The Overworld" is faster paced and more traditional psychedelic sounding. That's my favourite with the title track being the other one I liked. Just look at the track titles and you can see the change in direction from the debut to more of a Raga theme. 3 stars.

"Peak Of Eternal Light" hits the ground running with repetitive guitar leads and distortion. Another guitar comes in over top sounding distant at first. They jam in a repetitive manner throughout. "Mantra III" has this heavily distorted but melodic guitar throughout. Nice.

"Land Of The Lost" is my favourite. Again distorted guitar and drums create a catchy sound but it's the guitar that solos over top that I love. So good! "Line Of Apsides" has strummed guitar and distortion until it settles before 2 minutes with two guitars playing different parts in a tasteful manner.

"Docking Procedure" starts out similar to the opener but slightly slower paced. Some distant vocals at times. Guitar comes in over top 2 minutes in. This is really good. It ends with solo guitar grinding it out until a burst of distortion ends it. Nice.

Nothing new here but I like this one a lot. I do prefer "Fra Traern" for what it's worth, especially that gorgeous cover art.