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The prog-rock/metal style has never been an easy one to swallow for some people and the reason is all of the over-pretentious, self-indulgent, and overtly demanding yet non-rewarding music within the genre. Unfortunately, Pain Of Salvation's latest falls into this category. I wanted to like this CD so bad — and I listened to this album at least 5 times to make it happen — but Daniel Gildenlöw's 9-years-in-the-making project is just too weak to conquer its ultimate goal of connecting the listener to theories on creation, whether it be the human race or the universe itself. This CD is packed full of vocals, but most of them are spoken word vocals instead of singing, which makes it extremely difficult to get into because there is virtually no hook, nothing to suck you into the song. And, sadly, with the spoken words you forget about the music, it becomes background music and totally inconsequential. Of course, without following along with the CD booklet you're completely lost as to what the spoken bits are supposed to convey, and that's only if you can get past all the ridiculous Latin — which 99% of us will not understand — and contrived "lyrics." The song "Vocari Dei" features real messages to "God" left by fans on the band's own answering machine, this is interesting the first time you hear it, but gets annoying by the second spin because it's not involving you, the listener, it's just a bunch of people from around the world speaking to someone else.
As for the music, well it's not so much heavy and progressive as it is slow, meandering and unmemorable. It just sort of slowly plods on with the occasional bright spot grabbing your attention only to be replaced too soon with more nonsensical spoken rambling. The musicianship, vocals, and CD packaging are excellent, as you'd expect from this band, but it's hard to believe that anyone but the most patient and loyally blind Pain Of Salvation fans and Daniel Gildenlöw, himself, could enjoy this CD. Maybe I just don't get it, but this CD bored me senseless.
| Tracklist |
| 1. Animae Partus ("I Am") |
| I. Animae Partus - All In The Image Of |
| 2. Deus Nova (Fabricatio) |
| 3. Imago (Homines Partus) |
| 4. Pluvius Aestivus Of Summer Rain |
| (Homines Fabula Initium) |
| II. Machinassiah Of Gods & Slaves |
| 5. Lilium Cruentus (Deus Nova) |
| On The Loss Of Innocence |
| 6. Nauticus (Drifting) |
| 7. Dea Pecuniae |
| I. Mr. Money |
| II. Permanere |
| III. I Raise My Glass |
| IV. Machinageddon Nemo Idoneus Aderat Qui Responderet |
| 8. Vocari Dei Sordes Aetas - Mess Age |
| 9. Diffidentia (Breaching The Core) |
| Exitus - Drifting II |
| 10. Nihil Morari (Homines Fabula Finis) IV. Machinauticus Of The Ones With No Hope |
| 11. Latericius Valete |
| 12. Omni Permanere? |
| 13. Iter Impius Martigena, Son Of Mars (Obitus Diutinus) |
| 14. Martius/Nauticus II |
| V. Deus Nova Mobile …And A God Is Born |
| 15. Animae Partus II |
: 76.00
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