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This is an ambitious musical concept recounting the story
of Moses and the exodus from Egypt. The band hail from Israel
and feature drummer Erez Yohanan and guitarists Yuval Kramer
and Hanan Avramovich. On vocals they have roped in the impressive
talents of Mats Leven (ex-Malmsteen) and Arch Enemy's Angela
Gossow pops up to add her distinctive vocals on the epic 'Midian'.***
Musically they wnated to create a cinemtic soundscape
and they have easily achieved this aim. The music can sweep
along majestically on pomp filled keys and strings before
switching effortlessly into driving progressive metal. The
biggest 'hook' if you like to help this release stand out
in a crowded field is the clever use of Middle Eastern traditional
music. Crimson Glory did try this on their album 'Transcendance'
but didn't quite pull it off unlike Amaseffer who do so brilliantly
as they meld the music around it rather than add it as ab
extra thought.***
The whole album runs seemlessly and as such there are
no real stand out tracks, just lots of varied and fascinating
musical avenues the listener is taken down. But if I had to
pick a song to sum the album up it would be the epic 'Midian'
whihc has the metal edge, the pomp meets prog backing and
some wonderful backing vocals.***
I don't know how Inside Out keep finding all these great
new bands but long may they continue and in the meantime get
this album pronto. Cineamtic progressive Middle Eastern pomp
metal anyone?
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