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Adagio was one of the first Progressive Metal bands I've ever heard, in fact this was the first album I've listened from them and the sensation after doing this was very pleasant, since unlikely to Dream Theater, which owns a much more fusion oriented influence, Adagio possesses more symphonic elements, adding orchestrations with a lot of classical influences. The complexity can be found on every moment without losing any power, which is uniform through the whole album during all its intricate passages. By the way, this was Adagio's last "semi-heavy" work, because their next studio release "Dominate" has a Technique Death Metal orientation including heavy voices and growls in a very Opeth style but conserving the symphonic-classical school.

Every single member explodes their capacity, from the voice to the drums the sound is very consistent, impressing, focused and prefect to the limit.

The whole effort, every single track is a high-quality piece, but "Next Profundis", "Chosen" and "Underworld" are real highlights because of their master performance. Promises is also a very emotive song transmitted through David Readman's voice.

As Progressive Metal fans as Symphonic Prog fans will enjoy this magnificent release, since it soars under any musical border, this is one of the most important albums in Progressive Metal not under any of its masterpieces. It deserves 5 stars without a doubt.

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