STRANGER AEONS..'eNneagon'
(Ledo Takas Records) Reviewed 19th August 2010
Stranger Aeons are a new band from Lithuania who started life as Bestija before deciding to take their music to another level in 2009. Stylistically, they are close to Dreamtheater, To-Mera and Rush, in fact Edita Burbulyte sounds like a female Geddy Lee, and she even looks like she could be his daughter. The album is packed with seven multifaceted epics packed with big riffs (plus an intro and interlude, hence the album title), showing influences from 70’s bands like Black Sabbath, Yes, Pink Floyd and Led Zep. They do tend to go wandering off into long guitar workouts, whether you like this or not is up to you, I tend to go and make a cup of tea, mow the lawn, have a shower, bake a cake and be back in time for the return of the tune (OK, I’m exaggerating, I haven’t got a lawn). Strangely, although they have a keyboard player, he only appears occasionally (perhaps he does have a lawn?). The standout for me is the melodic ‘Melting Time’ which sounds like a long lost prog classic from the 70’s, despite a brief detour into doom territory. Barack Obama, fresh from his appearance in Diabulus in Musica, now crops up in ‘Never Ending Lie’, rather nice of him to take time off from the Oval Office to appear in all these metal albums. If you like your prog metal, like lots of great guitar work, then this is available from a variety of outlets (e.g. Amazon) and their Myspace is www.myspace.com/aeonslt. The final score depends on your predilection for long guitar solos; I personally would have preferred some judicious pruning and a greater emphasis on the songs, so 8/10 (Reviewed by Phil)
Original review: Ravenheart Music
(Ledo Takas Records) Reviewed 19th August 2010
Stranger Aeons are a new band from Lithuania who started life as Bestija before deciding to take their music to another level in 2009. Stylistically, they are close to Dreamtheater, To-Mera and Rush, in fact Edita Burbulyte sounds like a female Geddy Lee, and she even looks like she could be his daughter. The album is packed with seven multifaceted epics packed with big riffs (plus an intro and interlude, hence the album title), showing influences from 70’s bands like Black Sabbath, Yes, Pink Floyd and Led Zep. They do tend to go wandering off into long guitar workouts, whether you like this or not is up to you, I tend to go and make a cup of tea, mow the lawn, have a shower, bake a cake and be back in time for the return of the tune (OK, I’m exaggerating, I haven’t got a lawn). Strangely, although they have a keyboard player, he only appears occasionally (perhaps he does have a lawn?). The standout for me is the melodic ‘Melting Time’ which sounds like a long lost prog classic from the 70’s, despite a brief detour into doom territory. Barack Obama, fresh from his appearance in Diabulus in Musica, now crops up in ‘Never Ending Lie’, rather nice of him to take time off from the Oval Office to appear in all these metal albums. If you like your prog metal, like lots of great guitar work, then this is available from a variety of outlets (e.g. Amazon) and their Myspace is www.myspace.com/aeonslt. The final score depends on your predilection for long guitar solos; I personally would have preferred some judicious pruning and a greater emphasis on the songs, so 8/10 (Reviewed by Phil)
Original review: Ravenheart Music
