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Artist : Pagan's Mind
Album : Heavenly Ecstacy
Year : 2011
Genre : Metal
Label : SPV
Cat.nr : SPV 3029270 CD
Source : CDDA
R.date : 08.06.2011
Size : 128,4 MB
Encoder : LAME 3.98.4 -V0
Bitrate : avg. 266kbps
Quality : 44,1kHz/Joint-Stereo
Website : http://www.pagansmind.com/
Tracklist:
01. Contact 00:49
02. Eyes on Fire 05:50
03. Intermission 05:43
04. Into the Aftermath 05:22
05. Walk Away in Silence 05:09
06. Revelation to the End 08:32
07. Follow Your Way 05:19
08. Live Your Life Like A Dream 05:56
09. The Master's Voice 05:17
10. Never Walk Alone 06:10
11. When Angels Unite 02:05
12. Create Your Destiny (Bonus) 05:50
13. Power of Mindscape (Bonus) 04:17
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Release Notes:
Norway, long known for the black metal sounds of
Immortal, Kampfar, Enslaved, Old Man's Child and
others, also have to give to the fans of the power
metal genre, such bands as Age of Silence,
Beautiful Sin, the excellent Winds and this, with
hints of power, progressive and death metal,
Pagan's Mind, Heavenly Ecstasy. While some may
assume so many styles would only offer a
detracting stance to the overall sound, when
hearing such tracks as "Revelation to the End,"
the outstanding "Follow Your Way," the
fist-pumping, "The Master's Voice," and "Never
Walk Alone," these delusional thoughts are quickly
silenced.
But, guttural vocals, keyboards and sweeping
choruses do not necessarily a progressive power
metal band make. Granted, each of these components
are an integral part of the overall sound of such
a genre, but what must be included û and felt û
are the lyrics, the musicianship, the sound coming
from each of these tracks, and how the individual
tracks sound as a completed CD. So, in that light,
it must be said, thank the Lord for such bands as
Pagan's Mind, in that what they do, they do well.
Very well.
The sound is heavy, yet melodic, theatrical but
not pretentious, and in the times when such death
vocals are heard, they make sense and only add to
the feel. Which is what makes Pagan's Mind so good
at what they do. Rather than have guttural vocals
for little more than the sake of having guttural
vocals, here they add an emotion, a punch to the
gut effect. Listen to the dramatic, moody (albeit
short) CD intro, "Contact," the downtrodden
guitars of "Eyes of Love," the screams of "Into
the Aftermath," the incredible drums and piano of
"Live Your Life Like A Dream," and the beautiful,
soothing sounds of the ballad "When Angels Unite."
It is truly ideal when a band, upon gathering
together for the sake of creating a new release,
that the overall vision is taken into
consideration. One can surmise that Pagan's Mind
came to the studio with the question: what do we
want the feel of this CD to be? What do we want
the audience to take away from this music? And
what is it we, and most important of all - what
direction do we have to take so that at first
listen, the audience will "get" what we are trying
to do? And the end result is that this is a CD
that answers all those questions. It's is rich and
tuneful, with all the instruments coming together
perfectly, and never at any time do they compete
for space. The sound is excellently mixed, the
melodic vocals outstanding and as the various
sounds of progressive, metal and rock come
together it plays out wonderfully. The vision of
the CD is evident, and each track was written
carefully, taking into consideration "the
direction" that needed to be taken, so we feel of
the songwriter's emotions.
Although it has been a long four years since their
last studio release, 2007's God's Equation,
Pagan's Mind has been on tour appearing in some of
the world's biggest progressive and metal
festivals, and sharing a stage with such metal
dignitaries as Fate's Warning, Sonata Arctica,
Brainstorm and Stratovarius. So while the time
away from the studio has been too lengthy, what we
have here has indeed made up for such an absence
of new material. So it is a good thing when it can
be said "the wait has certainly been worth it."
Genre - Progressive Power Metal
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