Redemption - The Origins Of Ruin / By Chuy

Thursday, 05 April 2007

10/10

Impressive third album from the LA’s prog metal band Redemption, The Origins of Ruin is their best work, they consolidates, and now they are a top band, Nick is a musical genius, expose openly their ideas and feelings, incredibly emotional, he traduces all these ideas and feelings in music and lyrics, it’s perfect, this is write, play and sing with the heart, but they don’t forget the technical and heavy parts, pretty amazing!!!, all the prog metal should be like this; The album is conformed by nine tracks, two bonus tracks for the Japanese edition, almost an hour for the normal edition, each song is special, like Nick’s says about Suffocating Silence song: “The trademarks that Redemption has in our music: heavy but melodic, complex but song-oriented, a lot of “urgency” or tension to the music”, this “urgency or tension in the music” are instrumental parts and it’s when the band plays faster at the same time, this “urgency or tension” came in the entire album, the tension in the keyboards and piano parts are amazing, also orchestrations, these gives an excellent touch to the music, it seems that your heart come out from your chest; Ray’s voice simply awesome, singing with a special sentiment, Sean Andrews debut with a remarkable work in this album, he is a notable bassist, Chris and Bernie improves each album recorded, now we’re waiting for the tour, it will be excellent!!!

You can buy this album HERE!

1. The Suffocating Silence
2. Bleed Me Dry
3. The Death of Faith & Reason
4. Memory
5. The Origins of Ruin
6. Man of Glass
7. Blind My Eyes
8. Used to Be
9. Fall on You
10. Precious Things (cover song Tori Amos)
11. Love To Love (cover song UFO)

2007 - INSIDE OUT MUSIC (Worldwide)
2007 - DINGWALL MUSIC (Japan)

Redemption is:

Ray Alder (vocals)
Nicolas van Dyk (guitars, keyboards)
Bernie Versailles (guitars)
Sean Andrews (bass)
Chris Quirarte (drums)

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