REEVOLUTION

3.5 stars. CYNTHESIS rose out of the ashes of ZERO HOUR who disbanded in 2008, after their "Dark Deceiver" album. Three of the four members here were in ZERO HOUR with drummer Mike Flanegan coming from ENCHANT. This project was originally to be a three album run, a trilogy about a dystopian society set in the future. Sadly, this band only released two of the three records about this concept before disappearing on us. Singer Eric Rosvold and guitarist Jasun Tipton would return to the music scene once again with a comeback album from ZERO HOUR in 2022, but minus Troy Tipton on bass and Mike Guy on drums.

The possibility of this trilogy getting completed at this point seems remote. I do feel that this followup release is a definite step down from the debut. The lyrics/concept have taken over. I prefer the instrumental part of the debut much more. There were songs and sections I looked forward to, while here, other than the epic 13 1/2 minute closer I just feel we get so much atmosphere and sad vocals. Again, another concept album where the concept overrules everything else. I just find that those "moments" are few and far between on "ReEvolution".

A 43 minute record released in 2013, it's been a while hasn't it? That closer is called "Release The Diety" and like the short intro track that opens this record this starts with some beautiful sounding guitar melodies in atmosphere before the vocals arrive pretty much speaking the lyrics. A lot of that on here, telling the story. I just get tired of this vocal style, despite being a big Rosvold fan. I live for those heavy outbreaks on this record. They are a rare thing. That first long song "The Grand Facade" which is track 3 does the trick after 6 minutes. Some heaviness on "Persistence Of Visions" a 9 minute piece. And later on on that long closer as well. I'm all for contrasting sounds but this dwells in the atmosphere with spoken words far too often for my tastes.

I'll stick with their debut "DeEvolution" from 2011 thankyou. And fingers crossed that this trilogy gets done one day.

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