ARCTIC DREAMS - And The Agony Has Started

 

the entrance to this album with the song "let me introduce in cosmic hell" is peculiar due to its symphonic character and in a short time electronic and industrial metal elements are slightly introduced, a preponderance is noted in a galloping riff that tends more to the No metal. "Requiem for my war" has some elegant and interesting symphonic elements, starting with the orchestral percussion entry that mixes with post hardcore punk and a voice that looks like a vomit, that is to say a Nu/Folk Metal. "the way to infinity" contains a powerful and galloping riff that accompanies the electronic music environment, some interesting melody changes involving soft vocals, guttural voices and speeches, all with a remarkable digital sound effect. "the city built in bones" is perhaps the song that contains the most marked elements of electronic music, the percussion is simple and strong, as well as variable, as are the songs and voices (this song contains an interesting final synthesizer riff) . "the arctic dreams" has a sophisticated beginning due to the use of a synthesizer, it also has guttural voices in all its variants and a good instrumental performance. "The Waltz of Chernobyl" includes the sound of an oriental bell in the middle of an epic entrance, convincing in introducing a hostile environment, later this becomes more prominent as galloping electric guitars are introduced. "the agony has started" introduces an approach to black metal with its riffs that gradually transform into artificial sound structures more typical of industrial Metal, interspersed between both styles, there is even a strange moment in the middle of the song where there are songs with vocals digitally modified and with a saturation in the background sound. "Join to space" begins with a background sound that alludes to a science fiction environment related to space mystery, there is a musical moment that introduces a keyboard-piano and reveals a soft alternative rock aspect. "game over" has a small approach to progressive metal judging by the first percussion, there are quite interesting moments of suspense. Finally "wellcome to the city 17" has continuous and variable percussion as its main component, as well as the galloping riff characteristic of many songs.

Based on the above, this musical work handles the aspects of musical composition very well, achieves harmony between instruments and voices according to the moment of the song and has ingenious moments that induce attention, in addition there is coherence between the changes together with a creativity in the rhythms of these, the songs could perfectly be equated to sophisticated works given the great variety and little monotony of the songs, on the other hand, although the instrumentation predominates with electroic sounds, a good execution of the electric guitar can be appreciated and of the percussions, tending towards post hardcore punk and with a structure suggesting that it has elements of various styles of metal, such as the songs "game over" and "the agony has started" that are familiar with progressive Metal and Black Metal respectively, the gutturals are close to Nu Metal and those of industrial Metal, which despite having special sound effects, retain a well-marked technique. In general, this album knows how to couple the epic sounds of symphonic metal with industrial metal very well, definitely a mix that is not heard every day. As for the cover, it reflects a war scenario where a building or fortress is invaded by thrown elements, all in a range of colors that tend to red, alluding to the fire caused by the war, it is a good illustration according to the content and the sound of the album. Finally, the musical production is very good in terms of sound quality and instrumentation.

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