ANCALIMON: FATES OF ODEMYR

I have started this review several times. I find difficult writing something meaningful about this album. Not that it's bad, but I don't find major differences with the Senmuth's usual production. "Neilos" (the Greek name of Nilos river) is quite a good track, with a good balance between the soft and hard parts. Good for a soundtrack.

The newage intro of "Yuzar" is very melodic and can remind to Vangelis or Tangerine Dream, two things that I really like. The sudden change in the second half of the track doesn't break the continuity and later there's a good guitar solo. After the solo there's a keyboard coda that goes back to where it started.

"Nisalon Forest" is just a classical Senmuth's track, made of industrial metal mixed with ethnig Egyptian instruments.

"Dar-Gerut" is not much different. All the last three titles seems to be related in some way to Turkey.

"Mountains" features a distorted guitar, or better every instrument is distorted, apart drums, and its ambient is close to the Senmuth's debut Cognitive Discord, even if without the obviously distorted voice. There's room for a good guitar solo.

Like Mountains, "Hargon" is reminder of the origins of Senmuth, with the distorsion kit giving a typical sound to a trakc that otherwise would sound new age, as it does in the middle part, before a good guitar solo comes.

"Talton" is slow and very dark, with the melody carried on by what seems to be a loop.

In opposition, "Zanuras" is made by a bass keyboard chord and a classical guitar. Dark also this, but nylon strings always give good sensations. Good piece, but just an interlude on a single minor chord.

The guitar on "Nalgira" is electric, instead. The sound is quite clean, but the keyboards are dark again. Each time the guitar is back it's like it brings a bit of light into this dark track. Some parts are performed by the classical guitar, too.

After 28 albums it's now time to change something. taken alone this is absolutely not bad, but it's another repetition of the usual themes

Rounded up to three stars