Six_by_Six-Beyond_Shadowland-CD-2024-GRAVEWISH

Section
MP3/FLAC
Group
GRAVEWISH
Size
106,58 MB
Files
15
Date
2024-12-20

NFO

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  ██▌  Artist...: Six by Six                                            ░▐██▌ 
░▐██   Album....: Beyond Shadowland                                      ░██▌░
▓▐██   Year.....: 2024                                                   ▓▐██▓
▓▐██   Rel. Date: 2024-12-19                                             ░▐██▓
 ▐██   Genre....: Progressive Rock                                        ██▌░
░ ██▌  Label....: Inside Out Music / Sony Music                           ██▌ 
  ▐██  Source...: CD                                                     ▐██  
 ░▐██▌ Type.....: Retail                                                ▐██▌░ 
▓▄████ Quality..: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo                            ████▌░
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       1.  Wren                                                   5:05
       2.  The Arms of a Word                                     5:35
       3.  CanÆt Live Like This                                   5:09
       4.  Obiliex                                                5:23
       5.  Only You Can Decide                                    2:58
       6.  Titans                                                 5:06
       7.  Outside Looking In                                     4:44
       8.  Spectre                                                3:59
       9.  Sympathise                                             4:14
       10. One Step                                               8:08
       11. The Mission                                            4:35


                                                                 54:56

        For the follow-up to their eponymous debut album, renowned rockers Ian
        Crichton (Saga), Nigel Glockler (Saxon) and Robert Berry (The Greg Kihn
        Band), otherwise known as SiX By SiX, reconvened in a San Francisco Bay
        Area studio and unleashed their shared alchemy. They worked throughout
        2023 to bend, shape, hammer and caress their diverse musical talents
        into 11 impressive tracks. With this album, the classic power trio
        line-up continues to define and build upon their unique melodic space,
        welding guitar-driven rock, metal and prog into a unique and powerful
        sonic setting.

        ---

        First off, an apology. As editor of this mag, IÆm always berating my
        colleagues for late delivery of copy, as we really like to time new
        release reviews on or before release date to help with impact, and this
        one is very late. In my defence, while travelling to Barcelona for work
        a few weeks ago, some toe rag stole my laptop bag off the Metro, taking
        my PC, tablet, practically every other gadget I owned and more
        importantly the keys for the car parked sixty miles from my home, and
        yes, the original version of this review, and itÆs taken me a while to
        catch up.

        SiX By SiX first landed on my platter in the summer of 2022, and rather
        blew me away. Being a cynical old fart, I am usually quite disparaging
        of æsupergroupÆ collaborations, on the grounds that the whole is rarely
        the sum of its parts yet seems to be able to leapfrog the normal hoops
        and checks that new bands just getting started have to with labels, but
        this one really does deserve the label.

        The ongoing collaboration between drummer Nigel Glockler, guitarist Ian
        Crichton and Robert Berry on everything else has set itself a fairly
        high watermark from the self-titled (if not grammar checked) debut æSiX
        By SiXÆ. I was impressed at how fluid that debut was, given that the
        industry was emerging from Covid. It didnÆt sound like it had been copy
        and pasted from remote working sessions in peopleÆs linen cupboards and
        went on to become one of my favourite records of that year. No pressure
        then, chaps.

        I neednÆt have worried.

        With moving parts from Saga, Saxon and 3 in the mix, musicianship was
        never going to be in question, but to continue to write songs of the
        calibre presented on that debut album was going to be a challenge, and
        second albums are where things can go wrong for Supergroup acts like
        this. Normally bands really hit their writing groove after touring the
        material a bit and finding out what works with an audience, but since
        they donÆt actually start playing live until September 2024 (and sadly
        not yet in the UK) this follow-up is still driven from the energy and
        abilities of the principles. Again, I neednÆt have worriedà

        The style of Progressive Hard Rock is still the order of the day, but
        this album takes a little more time than its predecessor, despite having
        the same number of tracks. This was a concern going in, as one of the
        things I enjoyed about the debut was the punchy focus of the songs,
        despite their progressive edge, and adding another fifteen minutes of
        run time inevitably means a bit more noodling.

        Once again, I neednÆt have worriedà (I seem to be saying that a lot
        today). The playing is of the calibre you would expect from seasoned
        pros like Berry, Chrichton and Glockler, but once again itÆs the
        song-writing that stands out, giving us as it does an album that
        effortlessly fills the near hour of run time, and asks, nay begs for you
        to repeat play once spun through.

        The run time gives more chance for the songs to expand, but there is
        zero fat and padding here, with instrumental breaks seamlessly allowing
        all three of them room to show their considerable chops and without
        outstaying their welcome. Perhaps one piece of serendipity regarding the
        lateness of my review, is that IÆve had an extra two weeks to listen
        again to this record, and itÆs clear right here, right now, that this
        one is going to continue to get played by me.

        

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