Country: Greece
Genre(s): AOR, Progressive Rock
Label: Rock Of Angels Records
Format: CD, digital
Release date: December 6, 2019
Tracklist:
1. The Life and Death of Mr. Ess (13:31) :
- Part I : New Light
- Part II : Colors
- Part III : A World Of Grey
- Part IV : He
- Part V : She
- Part VI : Restless
- Part VII : Blackness
- Part VIII : Reborn
- Part IX : The Truth
- Part X : Departure
2. You Never Happened (4:25)
3. Devil's Suites (3:59)
4. Table's Turned (3:40)
5. Grave Danger (3:25)
6. If It Wasn't for You (2:30)
7. Anyone, Anymore (6:23)
8. If You Saw Me Dead (5:13)
9. Silence and Loneliness (3:29)
10. A Song About Nothing (4:09)
11. Happy (3:05)
12. If You Saw Me Dead (Alternative) (4:54)
Total Time 58:43
Line-up:
Mike Karasoulis – Lead Vocals
Alex Flouros – Guitars
Yiannis Nigdelis – Guitars & Backing Vocals
Chris Kollias – Bass
Manos Gavalas – Keyboards & Backing Vocals
Sotiris Lagonikas – Drums & Backing Vocals, Lead Vocals (1-Part I & X, 6)
Christina Alexiou – Backing Vocals
Kandia Bouzioti – Backing Vocals
Alexandros Louziotis – Backing Vocals
Margarita Papadimitriou – Backing Vocals
Anna T. TaRba – Backing Vocals
With
Manolis Tsigkos – Guitar (3)
Costas Kefalas – Trumpet (11)
Giannis Arvanitakis – Trombone (11)
Lefteris Pouliou – Sax (11)
Description/Reviews:
"Cipher" mixes elements from Progressive Rock and AOR with a couple of touches of Hair Metal and Synth Rock.Read the full review by Santiago Puyol at metal-temple.com
The nine-part, 13-minute "Life and Death of Mr. Ess" opens the album in full-on Prog mode. The listener is introduced to the sound of the record via a QUEEN-esque first section, with jaunty piano and extravagant guitar lines. Through several time signature shifts and tempo changes, the band shows a myriad of influences among which KANSAS, JOURNEY, STYX and RUSH seem to appear the most. Towards the end, beautiful acoustics and atmospheric keys take the track to a euphoric finale.
Media/Samples
Stream 1
Stream 2
Deezer
Links:
Web page
Progarchives
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