Admittedly, I\’ve been waiting for something like DREAMGRAVE for quite sometime. Its the sort of music that exists on some ethereal balance, not quite one definable sound but a perfect storm of many ideas and snippets – unrestrained if you will by too many generic-ties. I\’d like to say bands like FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE fall within the lines of this rare sub-type but I can honestly say that, nah, DREAMGRAVE is the real deal here.
Of course, DREAMGRAVE is heavy as hell – Dömötör Gyimesi and Mária Molnár know their stuff and they add their vocal talents here and there quite well. And, at a superficial level you could say that the vocal overtones strongly reflect a Melodic Death-metal demeanor. However, beneath that is a plethora of schizophrenic variety ranging from choirs and organs to flutes and wild cutting riffs that I love the hell out of. János Mayer, the keyboardist, so perfectly provides a plethora of emotional interludes. Every song reflects a stunning emotional and stylistic cavalcade – not to mention its the sort of thing everyone has been wanting from the progressive scene for quite sometime.
This literally blows the hokey-pokey nonsense of DEVIN TOWNSEND and even OPETH right through the roof – providing a more serious experimental progressive tone. Its a thinking-mans metal, for people who are looking for something beyond the second-hand PANTERA\’s, SLIPKNOT\’s, and LAMB OF GOD\’s that are shoved down our throats these days.
One downside? The cover-art looks way too much like FLESHGOD APOCALYPSE\’s \’Labyrinth\’.
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