Back to Times of Splendor

What the.... How did I find out about this band? Well I picked up BW&BK around July/June and as usual, it came with a sample cd, I found mostly mediocre stuff on there, except for a few song, and among these songs were "Fall" by this band. I was impressed on how melodic and technical it was, so I went ahead and got the cd. I also took a look at this band's discography and Back To Times Of Splendor is their first full-length release, but trust me, they sounds like professionals to say the least. I honestly thought these had existed for year....

This album is a masterpiece - no matter what. It always remains melodic, progressive and technical, something we don't see too much these days. They also get to pull off 14-17 minute songs, and all that is done without being pretentious or without a single sign of repetition or boredom. This album also has very, very brutal death metal sides, just take a listen to "Alone I Stand in Fires", which mixes brutal riffs with calm moments, and the harshest of vocals to the most relaxing type of clean vocals.

THE stand-out track on here is definitely "Fall" (the song provided on the BW&BK sampler). It's one of the shorter songs on the album, but that's not a bad thing at all, since it's not too short. The clean and distorted parts in this are perfectly put together, and the structure is simply perfect.... all that, and of couse with some technical melodic riffage.

I still can't believe this is Disillusion's debut, as I said before, they sound like professionals. A must for everyone.