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│ + Leviathan - Beholden To Nothing Braver Since Then + │
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│║ Release Information ║ │
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│║ Release Date.May-22-2014 Encoder......L3.97 -V2 --vbr-new ║ │
│║ Genre........Metal Graber.......EAC ║ │
│║ Year.........2014 Khz/Bitrate..44,1/ Br ║ │
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│║ Ripper.......anthem Songs........15 ║ │
│║ Covers.......Yes Url... www.leviathanresurrected.c ║ │
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│║ Release Notes ║ │
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│║ Artist : Leviathan Rating : You Decide! ║ │
│║ Album : Beholden To Nothing Braver SinLabel : Stonefellowshi ║ │
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│║ Description : ║ │
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│║ Colorado's Leviathan has more than a little cult ║ │
│║ status in the world of progressive metal. Formed ║ │
│║ in 1989, the band had an ambitious start, label ║ │
│║ status, yet eventually succumbed in 1998. But, ║ │
│║ it appears you can keep a good band down. ║ │
│║ Leviathan revived several years later, did a ║ │
│║ reunion show producing a live CD and DVD, and ║ │
│║ recorded their first new album in some 15 years. ║ │
│║ Now, the band returns another four years later ║ │
│║ with Beholden To Nothing, Braver Since Then. ║ │
│║ Leviathan - Beholden To Nothing, Braver Since ║ │
│║ Then Photo ║ │
│║ Leviathan: in the forest. ║ │
│║ One of the curious, and entertaining, things ║ │
│║ about the band is their odd album and song ║ │
│║ titles, like Ephemeral Cathexis, Solitude Begets ║ │
│║ Ignorance, Magical Pills Provided, Misanthrope ║ │
│║ Exhumed for example. Lacking the lyrics, and the ║ │
│║ weakness of the vocals, much is left to the ║ │
│║ imagination as to what the songs are about. We ║ │
│║ do know from the album page on the band's ║ │
│║ website that, conceptually, the album has ║ │
│║ something to do with religion. I don't think ║ │
│║ guitarist and lyricist John Lutzow likes ║ │
│║ it/them. ║ │
│║ Otherwise, as usual, Lutzow and Leviathan create ║ │
│║ some rather creative and entertaining ║ │
│║ progressive metal, and there's a lot of it in 15 ║ │
│║ songs clocking in around 75 minutes. To say that ║ │
│║ Leviathan is unusually unique in their sound or ║ │
│║ approach is not necessary. The arrangements can ║ │
│║ be technical, but are not necessarily so. It's ║ │
│║ easy to follow along, finding the varied parts ║ │
│║ of song nicely intriguing yet blissfully ║ │
│║ enriching the whole. Good examples include ║ │
│║ Creatures of Habit and If the Devil Doesn't ║ │
│║ Exist, the latter offering mostly playful guitar ║ │
│║ work. ║ │
│║ But that's seems to be the centerpiece of ║ │
│║ Beholden To Nothing, Braver Since Then, after ║ │
│║ all, Lutzow composed all the songs. Magical ║ │
│║ Pills Provided and Thumbing Your Nose at Those ║ │
│║ Who Oppose are only two examples, of many, where ║ │
│║ he shapes the entire song with electric and ║ │
│║ acoustic interpretations. The former song, to ║ │
│║ these ears, has the almost 70's psychedelic ║ │
│║ thread, mixed with jazz fusion, wrapped in ║ │
│║ progressive rock. Both songs are also examples ║ │
│║ of how Leviathan adds spoken word part ║ │
│║ throughout. Yo must turn up the volume to catch ║ │
│║ what's being said. Despite the fuzzy ambiguity ║ │
│║ of the album's theme, I'm sure the have some ║ │
│║ meaning within each song. My suggestion is to ║ │
│║ simply enjoy the music. Leviathan's Beholden To ║ │
│║ Nothing, Braver Since Then is ambitious, ║ │
│║ creative, and dramatically unpretentious ║ │
│║ progressive metal, while nearly epic in scope. ║ │
│║ Hopefully, Lutzow and company didn't completely ║ │
│║ drain the tank with this album, so we'll have ║ │
│║ more in the future. Easily recommended. ║ │
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│║ Release Tracklist ║ │
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│ 01 - ephemeral cathexis [01:57] │
│ 02 - a shepherds work [04:19] │
│ 03 - intrinsic contentment [04:53] │
│ 04 - overture of exasperation [01:56] │
│ 05 - creatures of habit [07:48] │
│ 06 - solitude begets ignorance [00:56] │
│ 07 - a testament for non-believers [04:49] │
│ 08 - if the devil doesn't exist [09:03] │
│ 09 - magical pills provided [06:45] │
│ 10 - thumbing your nose at those who oppose [05:26] │
│ 11 - empty vessel of faith [07:17] │
│ 12 - words borrowed wings [02:41] │
│ 13 - bettering darklighter [01:15] │
│ 14 - misanthrope exhumed [07:08] │
│ 15 - beholden to nothing, braver since then [10:23] │
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│ Total Length : [76:36 minn │
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│ archive of good music in a exceptional conditions │
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