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Feb
23
2010
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Perihellium ‘The New Beginning’ 200? |
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Written by Soen S. Mojo
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Tuesday, 23 February 2010 |
Every so often we come across a band in the wilderness of rock underground that came in out of the blue, we will eventually hack their way into the view of everyone. That was my instinct when I first came across a young band from Poland called Perihellium. Built in solid and spirited metal foundations, a definite alternative-class vocal and, above all, the multi-dimensional and stunning rhythm of the teamwork’s outcome. The band consists officially of Gerard Hobel (guitarist), Bartek Bachula (bassist) and Seweryn Blasiak (drummer). In their debut album ‘The New Beginning’ most of the works which are composed by Hobel as protagonist, with the joining of Marcin Sulek as guest vocalist and Grzegorz Kasptzyk who inserted slices of keyboard’s sound. The album includes 5 tracks with an instrumental offering on ‘Chrome’ as a great opener. The sonic slices and lumps from keyboard programming lit up the stirring prog rock. ‘Redd’ on track-2 is introduced with arabesque pentatone on guitar which is continued by mid-eastern ornament on keyboard. In the mid work, both instruments interwined and heard as though John Petrucci and Jordan Rudess had hands in this case. ‘The Traveler’ on (track-3) is could be categorized as a ballad. It certainly is a ballad in metal zone as is in Perihellium’s own fashion. It’s funny they were still hold spellbound by the word of dream on titling a work in prog metal, like ‘Dream Within A Dream’ on (track-4). Is it a kind of tribute, or, is it an effort to compare with Mr. Portnoy’s dream? Because, here they evidently served as instrumental work that flows through changes of tempo and irregular structure that all remind us of Dream Theater’s exciting tricks. ‘Beyond The Time’ on (track-5) is everything in this album. It’s both a great ending with 18’59” duration and as one of my favorite track. It consists of 5 parts; Awaken (part-1), Eternal Peace (part-2), The End of The Ancients (part-3), Part of The Immortals (part-4) and Final Vision (part-5) which is overall able to be a highlight of the album. I must say, ‘The New Beginning’ is the album of a rousing action from a new comer. In this album fans of progressive metal should find enough rewards if you’re brave enough to try a something new. The objections that might be raised to this album are that the production sounds a little lame, beside, it’s a bit spoilt by clumsy vocal that typically is similar to Eddie Vedder/Pearl Jam. Individually, here I can’t find some suitable tastes. However, if you will never complain about it, this album certainly must be something very special. Musically, it’s an exceptional debut.
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