Artist: Enemy of the Sun
Title: Caedium
Genre: Thrash Metal
Release Date: 28th May 2010
Label: Massacre Records
Album Review
Founded in 2006 around Waldemar Sorychta, who is known to be a producer and member of GRIP INC. and DESPAIR, ENEMY OF THE SUN are about to release their second full length record after 2007’s success ‘Shadows’.
The opener, ‘Lithium’ begins with an acoustic motif, which can be found throughout the whole song. Soon, heavy riffs start to set in which are every now and then underlined by melodic and harmonically uncommon elements. In ‘Another end of the rainbow’, the vocals can be heard for the first time, at first unclean, screamed but in the chorus catchy and clean. The drumming is very impulsive and the guitar work as well as the song writing is much diversified. In this second song, slower and faster parts are taking turns and many different musical aspects are included. When I listened to this album for the first time, I found it in a way chaotic and conglomerated. But the more you listen to ‘Caedium’, the more details and surprises you get to know.
‘I am one’ contains a somehow Latino-orientated melody which fits the fast guitar shredding surprisingly well. Already at this point it becomes clear that ENEMY OF THE SUN is far from being a cookie-cutter band. By combining melodic elements and uncommon harmonies, they surely make themselves exceptional by producing modern metal with an experimental attitude. ‘Chasing the dragon’ once again contains a catchy chorus and an exceptional guitar tune but is not as melodic as its forerunners. ‘Castaways in the n.w.o.’ begins with an electronic phrase at the beginning, creating a pretty dark atmosphere and reminding me in a way of KATATONIA. In general, this song is rather slow except for the refrain. The harmonies once again are particular, but perfectly add to the strange but intense ambiance.
The following ‘The power of mankind’ is more fast-forward and heavy without losing the usual trademarks. ‘Ticket’ appears quite extraneous to me, although again nice elements are included. But the whole song is just too repetitive and the chorus is a bit too cheesy. ‘Paradigm’ is heavier and grooving with a slowing middle part and a remarkable, rocking refrain. ‘Try out’ does not contain much melodies, but in general is faster and more chaotically constructed, forming a nice variety to the predecessors. ‘The Golden Horizon’ again contains an acoustic guitar and spoken vocals, while ‘Sky shooting stars’ and ‘Stolen Sky’ again veer towards the thrashing, speed territories. ‘Aimless’ conveys a rather relaxed and unstressed atmosphere combined with aggressiveness, again proving ENEMY OF THE SUN’s variety.
In ‘In Memoriam’, the fittingly stringed fraction remarks the opening. The whole song is a nicely arranged instrumental end. So, open-minded fans of modern metal or experimental influences will surely find pleasure while listening to this album. Not every detail can be found and unravelled at the very first listen, so this album surely is a worthwhile piece of art. In those 14 songs, there is no real filler included.
Tracklist
01. Lithium
02. Another end of the rainbow
03. I am one
04. Chasing the dragon
05. Castaways in the n.w.o.
06. The power of mankind
07. Ticket
08. Paradigm
09. Try out
10. The golden horizon
11. Sky shooting stars
12. Stolen sky
13. Aimless
14. In memoriam
Line-up
Waldemar Sorychta - Guitars
Jules Näveri - Vocals
Alla Fedynitch - Bass
Daniel Zeman - Drums
Website
http://www.myspace.com/enemyofthesunband / http://www.enemyofthesun.com/
Cover Picture
Rating
Music: 8
Sound: 8
Extras: -
Total: 8 / 10
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