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REVIEW: Vintersorg - Visions From The Spiral Generator Napalm Records, 2002
9.5/10
Vintersorg - Visions From The Spiral Generator - cover art What the hell is that? Some kind of moderate Borknagar or Dimmu Borgir with progressive musical phrases and folkloric passages! What would it be next? From an old progger with a new open metal mind, I have just one thing to say: it's greeeeat!!! When you get people like Asgeir Mickelson (Spiral Architect) on drums and Steve DiGiorgio (Control Denied) on fretless bass, you know you're in for a pretty technical and intricately delicious treat. As an aside, I'd like to mention that I've always been very fond of fretless sound and those playing it usually do some extraordinary work with it, reaching far beyond the normal role that the bass is intended for. Most compositions are powerful but don't be afraid to be involved with boring power metal because this is not the case and the vocals are not of the annoying high pitch type either but rather pleasant and death when Mr. Generator deemed necessary. The concept behind this album is pretty scientific and esoteric which suits perfectly a prog project. The only missing element is a long lasting piece that gets you lost in nowhere land. "Vem Styr Symmetrin?" is directly going to show you an outstanding bunch of highly talented musicians on which the lyrics are in Sweedish, adding a mystical touch to the piece. Two other songs are in foreign language. "E.S.P. Mirage" is an awesome opus with a funny intro of keyboard and fretless sound bouncing all over the place before the powerful complex adventure begins. Stunning demonstration of creativity and ability. "Spegelsfären" will fill your ears with many pleasures including once again this incredibly good fretless sound even as a solo instrument. Even if some folk influences are showing in tracks 1, 4 and 7, it becomes more obvious on "A Star-Guarded Coronation" being a real pleasant folkloric jewel with galactic sonic partitions. Looks like a Vintersorg's fan is born!

written by Denis Brunelle

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Tracklist

1.
Quotation
2. Vem Styr Symmetrin?
3. A Metaphysical Drama
/> 4. Universums Dunkla Alfabet
5. E.S.P. Mirage
6.
Spegelsfären
7. The Explorer
8. A Star-Guarded
Coronation
9. Trance Locator

Playing time: 41.02

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