ISOLATE

What a good album.. Though it's been a while since I listen to it but when I was checking my music library couple days ago 'isolate' just pop-up in front of my eyes and directly crawled into my MP3 player, and what a result, it still sounds strong and cohesive as l listened to it for the first time, the great unexpected introduction in 'A Darkened Mind' with its aggressive beguiling riffage' the hell itself in 'abyss', the passion and drama in 'wither', the capability in 'Sane No More', while 80s atmospheres arrived in 'arrival of love' and the most interesting riffage in the middle of 'mouth of madness' with its smart time-signature''

The guitarist are so versatile to the extent that you repeat each solo again and again ending up with a feeling of -hungry for more-

The drummer is a machine!! so talent and dexterous, the quality and variety of rhythms and rolls filled your ears from the beginning of album till the last second..

Circus maximus strongly represents the new wave of Norwegian progressive scene which contains mostly good bands that are worth to be discovered and supported.. The album deserves 4 stars and I think C.M are one of the best who mixes 80s singing spirit with progressive elements so far, and I recommend it for fans of TNT, pagans mind....

I'm waiting their new album with high expectations since they have been preparing it for 4 years hopefully not be disappointed..