SECOND LIFE SYNDROME

No, i´m not, of being the 268 reviewer of this MASTERPIECE, and i´m not afraid neither of call it like that, even though a lot of proggers will say that word is reserved for the big and older names, i think this Polish guys have really earned it. Being just their second release, they have achieved what others haven´t in triple or quadruple as long.

Maybe if we were to create a new sub-genre, i will call this Neo Prog Metal (i think somebody said that already, but i´m not sure), but what i mean is that some of the Prog Metal fans will find this a little softer than the classic bands of the genre, and Neo Prog ones will find it a bit heavy. Anyhow i´m not saying they won´t enjoy it, actually most of the reviews are positive, but for the few that feel the way i described before, i just suggest to put your minds on a half- switched metal rank and the same for Neo lovers, and i´m sure you´ll join the rest of 200 something SLS addicts, like myself.

Ok, about the disc, i know i always say the same, but that´s true, there´s not much else i can add. Anyway what i will say is that i feel this release a bit darker and heavier than the 1st and off course you can hear how mature they are already. The departure of their original keyboardist Jacek Melnicki didn´t affect at all, i can say Michal Lapaj is at the same level or even better. The voice of Mariusz is more educated, as a lot of us know he didn´t started as a singer. His changing singing style a la Akerfeldt is becoming more pleasant.

What i do feel afraid of is that they gave already everything in this 2 fantastic albums and then start to run out of ideas and creativity, but something inside of me says that it won´t happen and that we are facing one of the future legends of Prog. But as i said before, only time will tell.

Viva el Prog!

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