230503

Anubis

Neo-Prog

3.97 | 209 ratings

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We're lucky to have such gems in Australia. Anubis's debut album is a telling story that deals with pain and loss in the most visceral way music can communicate. A highly recommended purchase.

The albums sonic pallette ranges from modern to the retro with a strong affinity for the analogue synth sounds we've come to know and love from the 70's. The vocals of Robert James Moulding cover a gamut of expressions and tone colours whilst still adhering to a sense of consistency which gels together the album's narrative structure.

The definite highlights as pointed out by the other reviewers are the album's ultimate and penultimate tracks which took me on an aural adventure that I have not experienced since Marillion's 'Marbles' and Pain of Salvation's 'Remedy Lane'. Pay special attention to the vocal harmonies and guitars solos in these tracks as they're truly breathtaking.

I have only painstakingly minor gripes with this album on a production perspective and that is that the drums are rather boomy (read: Bonham on heat), however this does not detract from the rhythm section's razor tight precision.

230503 is a near-perfect Progressive Rock masterpiece and belongs heartily in any true Prog Fan's collection.

ProgressiveMetaller | 5/5 | 2010-7-29

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