Ostura "The Room"

Country: Lebanon
Genre(s): Symphonic Progressive Metal
Label: Universal Music
Format: CD, digital
Release date: February 23, 2018
Tracklist: 
1. The Room (4:53)
2. Escape (6:05)
3. Beyond (The New World) (5:25)
4. Let There Be (4:55)
5. Erosion (7:04)
6. Only One (6:53)
7. Mourning Light (3:08)
8. Deathless (6:30)
9. Darker Shade Of Black (9:11)
10. The Surge (6:07)
11. Duality (12:08)
12. Exit The Room (2:03)

Total Time 74:22

Line-up: 
Elia Monsef (Amadeus Awad's Eon) - vocals (as Erosion), charango, additional  acoustic guitar
Danny Bou-Maroun - keyboards, piano, programming,  orchestration
Youmna Jreissati - vocals (as The Girl)
Alain Ibrahim - acoustic & rhythm guitars
Alexander Abi Chaker - additional percussions (1, 2, 4, 5, 8)
   With
Arjen Anthony Lucassen (Ayreon, Guilt Machine, Stream of Passion, The Gentle Storm) - guitar (9)
Michael Mills (Toehider, Ayreon) - vocals (as Utopia)
Thomas Lang - drums
Dan Veall - bass
Marco Sfogli (James LaBrie, Creation's End, IceFish) - guitar (1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 11)
Özgür Abbak - guitar (6)
Yamane Al Hage - violin (3, 8, 9)
Jokine Solban - violin (2)
Nobuko Miyazaki - flute (9, 11)
Mohannad Nassar - oud (5, 10)
Roger Smith - cello (1, 10, 12)
The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra
The Lebanese Filmscoring Ensemble

Description/Reviews: 

The musical style is progressive metal, but there is so much more going on here.  While the almighty riff is present and very well composed, the album is not just a collection of riffs thrown together.  No, “The Room” is a cinematic journey of emotional gravity and grand vision, and it could almost be called just as much “classical” as it can be called “metal”.  The album includes huge orchestrations that might even dwarf the heavy guitars in their weight, and these orchestrations are prevalent in every single song. 

Read the full review at theprogmind.com

Media/Samples 
Only One
Deathless
Deezer

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