The black metallers from Greece are back in a new album. This album divides into 3 parts, the first one contains 4 new songs, and in my opinion is the best part of them all. The songs are pretty melodic and calmed here. The second part are songs from the "temple of the lost race" mini CD. In this section of the album, the music is faster and more intense. The third part is under world act II and a "dark" version to the song "the elder cosmonaut". Sounds like an old school version or something like that. About the music : I don't know really how to define S.P's music...the best I can think of is melodic black with touches of death and doom, and all that played with that Greek atmosphere. Anyway it sound's really good, the guitars are often palm muted and usually mid-tempo with some nice solos..I must say that the drums sound different than usual (maybe a bit industrial sometimes) but that's ok. They use keyboards sometimes but not too often. The vocals are deep (as always) and some normal ones, and I must say that they have one hell of a female singer (sounds excellent). The production is good and the sound is very clear. The weirdest part of this album is under world act I and act II : those are two songs (if you can call them songs...) that last about 7 minutes each. It sounds like a psychedelic opera or something. The lyrics are crazy and the music is not very organized, but I guess that's the way it was meant to be anyway (it took me about 5 listens before I started to find any beauty in it).

Well I guess that's it. After all, it is a very good album that's worth checking out.

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