IN KEEPING SECRETS OF SILENT EARTH - 3

Again, i love this band and this albums no different. This is the start of them beginning to loose their 'emo' tag and this time playing around with prog..pop..punk (its an excellent mix trust me). As per the musicmanship is second to none and production is spot on, the songs are a lot stronger and a lot more catchy than their debut with the epic opening title track IN KEEPING SECRETS OF SILENT EARTH and closing track THE LIGHT AND THE GLASS as well as the prog masterpieces THE CROWING and 21:13 being the standouts. Caludio's voice has really started to mature with this album as well going higher then ever before, an allround improvement i'd say;

The Ring in Return - 8/10 In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3 - 10/10 Cuts Marked in the March of Men - 9/10 Three Evils (Embodied in Love and Shadow) 9/10 The Crowing - 10/10 Blood Red Summer - 10/10 The Velourium Camper I: Faint of Hearts - 10/10 The Velourium Camper II: Backend of Forever - 9/10 The Velourium Camper III: Al the Killer - 9/10 A Favor House Atlantic - 9/10 The Light & the Glass - 10/10 21:13 - 10/10

My Conclusion? This being a bit of an improvement on the debut both albums are fantastic and proof that great progressive bands can be formed today that can really mix it up with some of the big hitters of prog, a masterpiece and the start of Coheed and Cambria's reign of prog.