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If Progressive Rock is a dirty word in your world then forget everything you know and take a listen to Ghost In Mirrors.
Expansive and dreamlike in a Sigur Ros kind of way – this music has an ebb and flow that is hypnotic and intoxicating.
Beautiful music that sounds like it's coming from another world
Expansive and dreamlike in a Sigur Ros kind of way – this music has an ebb and flow that is hypnotic and intoxicating.
Beautiful music that sounds like it's coming from another world
Ryder's Dismount review By Adam Richardson, Tuesday 8th September 2009
No-one could accuse anglo-french prog metallers Ghost in Mirrors of a lack of ambition on their self-released debut – there’s only one track under five minutes long and a couple well over seven. Daunting as such sprawling songs are, Ryder’s Dismount never threatens to try the patience.
The opening title track is an intense affair, with a sound that builds all the way, occasionally breaking into something approaching all-out thrash while vocalist French broods on mesmerizingly. “Deadbird”, which follows, is a much more full-on brand of metal with its moshalong chorus and obligatory face-melting shred solo. Undoubtedly the album’s best cut, “Across the Seas and Oceans” is art metal done very well with beautifully unhinged vocals that convulse over a stark arrangement that lurches slowly, irresistibly, into a thumper of a chorus. In this track the band seem to have successfully captured in audio the suspense and foreboding of a vintage horror movie. In length, closing track “Sterilised” is Ryder’s... slightest offering by some way, but brings the album to a satisfying denouement via its contrastingly accessible and upbeat sound and yet more stellar vocal work.
For a debut release, Ryder’s Dismount is an incredibly accomplished work, showing a rare ambition matched with evident songwriting talent. Ghost in Mirrors are a well-kept secret, and it’s a secret that needs telling.
http://www.glasswerk.co.uk/reviews/national/8521/Ghost+in+Morrors
The opening title track is an intense affair, with a sound that builds all the way, occasionally breaking into something approaching all-out thrash while vocalist French broods on mesmerizingly. “Deadbird”, which follows, is a much more full-on brand of metal with its moshalong chorus and obligatory face-melting shred solo. Undoubtedly the album’s best cut, “Across the Seas and Oceans” is art metal done very well with beautifully unhinged vocals that convulse over a stark arrangement that lurches slowly, irresistibly, into a thumper of a chorus. In this track the band seem to have successfully captured in audio the suspense and foreboding of a vintage horror movie. In length, closing track “Sterilised” is Ryder’s... slightest offering by some way, but brings the album to a satisfying denouement via its contrastingly accessible and upbeat sound and yet more stellar vocal work.
For a debut release, Ryder’s Dismount is an incredibly accomplished work, showing a rare ambition matched with evident songwriting talent. Ghost in Mirrors are a well-kept secret, and it’s a secret that needs telling.
http://www.glasswerk.co.uk/reviews/national/8521/Ghost+in+Morrors
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