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░ ██ ██ Artist: Soul Enema ██ ██
▓ █░░ ■█ Album: Thin Ice Crowling █■ ░░█
■ █▓▀ █ Year: 2010 █ ▀▓█ ░
█ ▓ Rel. Date: 2010-08-26 ▓ █
▒ ▒ Genre: Progressive Rock ▒ ▒
█▄ ░ Label: Mals ░ ▄█
░ █▄ ░ Source: CD ░ ▄█
░ █▓ Type: Album ▓█ ░
▓ █ Quality: VBR, 44.1kHz, Joint Stereo █ ░ ▓
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█ "Thin Ice Crawling" album by Soul Enema is not █
█ about playing the safe ground, it's definitely █
█ more about taking risks. From the dark, theatrical █
█ vibe in the lyrics and elegant, █
█ renaissance-inspired melodies of the past, to the █
█ modern, futuristic heavy sound, Soul Enema is here █
█ to let it go at anything that seems to be █
█ interesting and seems to fit the concept well. At █
█ one time it can be into some familiar elements █
█ from progressive metal and rock, European folk and █
█ oriental ethnic music, at other times it flows █
█ into some electronic and psych touches, █
█ jazz-fusion and flamenco patterns, and what's not █
█ - hey, there's even some obscure grind-noise █
█ hidden track you may find somewhere there. █
█ However, there's one thing the band seems to know █
█ well - an experimentation should go hand in hand █
█ with strong melodies and themes, and not instead █
█ of them. And that's the pleasing point of the █
█ album - the right balance to carry you through the █
█ ice shelves without falling into banal cliches on █
█ one hand, and without running into some boring █
█ soulless shred fests on another... █
█ According to lyrics and a story line, there's a █
█ common "thin ice crawling" fate line that goes █
█ with the heroes of a plot. With every step and █
█ every twist, the burden of a Gordian Knot becomes █
█ harder, the grip of madness becomes stronger, and █
█ reality slips further away out of control. Is it █
█ just a little nightmare, or maybe a reflection of █
█ the world around us? No answers are given. Anyway, █
█ ironic or serious, the lyrics here manage to █
█ harmonize with the music in a natural way, adding █
█ a bonus emotional dimension to a sonic frame. So, █
█ in the bottom line, it's like in a twisted black █
█ light theater - you'll have your colorful █
█ hour-long journey, and while it may be exiting, █
█ fragile or dangerous stuff coming at you out of █
█ the dark, it's probably never a dull moment in any █
█ way. █
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░ 1. The Land Derailed 7:32 ░
░ 2. The Last Night 8:43 ░
░ 3. Quicksand Lies 5:28 ░
░ 4. Crystal Territory 7:15 ░
░ 5. Splinter 7:11 ░
░ 6. Other Line 7:45 ░
░ 7. Unholy Ghost 6:11 ░
░ 8. 911 9:01 ░
░ 9. Thin Ice Crowling 7:55 ░
░ 67:01 ░
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