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░ ██ ██ Artist: Blind Ego ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Liquid █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2016 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2017-04-16 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Progressive Rock ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: Gentle Art of Music / Soulfood ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ Blind Ego is the solo side project of Kalle █
█ Wallner of RPWL. Being a big fan of RPWL, I had █
█ meant to check out the last Blind Ego album ôNumbö █
█ but of course I got distracted by the pile of █
█ music that happens to me. So I was glad that █
█ Wallner decided to release another Blind Ego album █
█ and that it showed up in my review queue. █
█ First off, Wallner is one of the most underrated █
█ guitarists on the planet. He has the feel of David █
█ Gilmour (of course) but has an added gear that █
█ Gilmour doesnÆt have or use. One of the nice █
█ things about ôLiquidö is that itÆs more of a prog █
█ metal album versus the prog rock that RPWL plays. █
█ The songs are all well written, well arranged and █
█ have killer hooks. █
█ So whatÆs my issue with it? Well, there are █
█ multiple vocalists which isnÆt a bad thing █
█ necessarily. The problem is that one vocalist is █
█ fucking amazing, Arno Menses of Subsignal (huge █
█ fan of his voice) and the other, Erik Ez █
█ Blomkvist, I find incredibly annoying. Blomkvist █
█ does every cheesy over emotive move in the book █
█ and on ôNever Escape the Stormö he tries way too █
█ hard to sound bad ass. It just never works. █
█ Besides those two, Aaron Brooks of psych rockers █
█ Simeon Soul Charger does a solid job on the █
█ closing track ôSpeak the Truthö but again, I kept █
█ wondering how it would sound if Menses sang it. It █
█ would have sounded better. The instrumental track █
█ ôQuiet Angerö is a favorite and it points out that █
█ maybe no vocalists were needed for ANY of the █
█ songs. PanzerballetÆs Heiko Jung supplies some █
█ SICK bass on the track. █
█ With a few tweaks, ôLiquidö could have been an █
█ album on my best of 2016 list. The music and █
█ melodies are THAT strong. I do hope people check █
█ out this album because maybe youÆll like Blomkvist █
█ more than I do. But regardless of that, Kalle █
█ Wallner shows that he is a great songwriter and █
█ multi dimensional guitarist. ôLiquidö has no ego █
█ attached to it, blind or otherwise. █
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░ 1. A Place in the Sun 6:11 ░
░ 2. Blackened 5:44 ░
░ 3. What If 6:23 ░
░ 4. Not Going Away 7:32 ░
░ 5. Never Escape the Storm 8:20 ░
░ 6. Tears and Laughter 4:47 ░
░ 7. Hear my Voice out There 5:56 ░
░ 8. Quiet Anger 6:30 ░
░ 9. Speak the Truth 6:53 ░
░ 58:16 ░
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