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When guitarist extraordinaire Christofer Malmström of Darkane and friends in the shape of Peter Wildoer (also Darkane), Ryan van Poederooyen (Devin Townsend Band) and Gustaf Hielm (ex. Meshuggah) gather up one expects quality. Luckily, they also deliver, and the production is pretty much great. Usually I don't have a hard time deciding how to grade a record, but this one is tough. The music at times resembles older Arch Enemy, but with a whole lot of other different influences aswell. There is a fair amount of soloing on this album, by some perhaps referred to as ”wanking”, and at times it's a little too much, giving the feeling that the solo's just there for it's own sake rather than enhancing the musical experience. One peculiar/interesting thing is that towards the end of the song ”The second plane” they incorporate an old swedish psalm/folksongthingy called ”Gammal Fäbodpsalm” (thanks to my girlfriend for that piece of vital information). So now Non-Human Level can feel proud as they join Lars Roos (a swedish piano player) and others in the ”Gammal Fäbodpsalm”-ranks. Peculiar, and less than evil, but I don't really care since it sounds rather neat. All four members of the band do their thing brilliantly, and given just a little less ”wanking”/more solidness this records would reach for top grades, but now I reward it with a boring 8. Sorry.
| Tracklist |
| 1. Divine Creation Of Void |
| 2. Personal Hell |
| 3. Windows On The World |
| 4. The Second Plane |
| 5. Instincts |
| 6. Journal Of A Nightmare |
| 7. Water |
| 8. Untrustable Surface |
| 9. The Genetic Failure |
| 10. Freaking Goose |
: 41.29
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