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TUG OF WAR

Enchant

 

Heavy Prog

3.70 | 171 ratings

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progrules
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4 stars This is the last effort by Enchant so far and somehow it's not really unlogical that they didn't come up with a successor. This album is a very good one but on the downside I believe there's not much new under the sun and I'm afraid they started to run out of inspiration at this point. Of course there can be other (personal) reasons why they haven't produced anything lately but I wouldn't be surprised if my statement appears to be true.

This album is to me one with a strong beginning and a terrific ending but the middle part is what I was talking about: nice songs but not significant at all. If you compare these songs with their two previous albums (Juggling and Blink) I think they are in a bit of a downfall here. But I also want to talk about the strong aspects. Sinking sand is a great opener, a song that could have been on their strongest album: Juggling 9 or dropping 10. Tug of War is ok too but a bit less. Next six songs I've already mentioned but I must add that Beautiful and Living in a movie are at least original.

The last two tracks (Below Zero is not on my version) are absolutely tremendous though Progtology is much of the same compared to Prognosis on Blink of an eye. Comatose is a superb ballad, really one of their very best efforts ever.

So I hope Enchant will take some courage out of that last track and realize they are still a band with great potential and they will always be a huge favourite of mine. 4 stars for Tug of war.

progrules | 4/5 |

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