SUMMIT

Tops Seven Impale's historic debut. I like it when jazz kisses metal. Opera singer- Stian �kland could feature his pipes, hitting perfect, pure high sea-blue, deep c-sharps. Instead, Stian �kland varies his voice with each composition as he chisels his pipes to serve the concept carved out of each song. It's a Greek mythological concept... Michelangelo'ed. A spoonful of jazz sugar helps the metal go down. The band uses Benjamin Mekki Widerøe' tenor saxophone joyrides, and flute flights to fortify surreal solos. Erlend Vottvik Olsen / guitar delivers addictive riffs and tasty licks. Like the vocalist, Erlend's guitars serve the song.

Enslave's Keyboardist-HÃ¥kon Vinje lets his hair down, exploring classical, proggy, and jazz gardens blooming like a wall of jasmine in summer. The rhythm section rocks my world. It's gold, it's sapphire, it pumps and throbs. It's a dense, deep album. I like it more than their debut. My husband likes it too. He praised Impale observing, " It's a blend between KC, Tool, ELP, jazz fusion... mixed with dark 20th-century avant-garde classical composers. I felt like I was driving through four exotic locations. A revelation in between headphones."

Easy masterpiece. Something special is brewing in Noway's water.