RISE RADIANT

The Australian metal boom of the past decade or so has produced some absurdly talented bands and some truly classic albums. Caligula's Horse is definitely counted amongst one of those absurdly talented bands and has a few of those classic albums under their belt. Their latest record, however, is definitely not of them; unless, of course, you're perfectly ok with the bands you love regurgitating everything they've already done.

As far as albums with ambient djent and pop sensibility are concerned, I guess Rise Radiant is not necessarily a bad record. But listening to it only serves to remind me how much I'd rather be listening to their previous records, or Sky Harbor, or any of the other great Aussie metal acts making noise these days.