Persefone
Spiritual Migration

The influences of these guys are almost everything, from Dark Tranquillity to Death and from Opeth to Dan Swano, close to Dream Theater and many more. What has blown me away the most is that there isn’t one element that is missing from the band. I dont know even where to begin. From harsh vocals which are making you want to bang your had so badly to clean vocals with great harmonies and melody lines and from extreme technical playing on all instruments to extremely atmospheric melodic and psychedelic points in the songs. Βecause of these changes in songs and including all kinds of elements you don’t get tired of it. You can hear it over and over again with ease.

I won’t analyze the songs one by one because the album is amazing from start to finish, the highlight is the whole album whuch also contains six instrumentals, the intro of the album “Flying Sea Dragons“, “Zazen Meditation“, “Consciouness Pt.1 : Sitting in Silence”, “Consciouness Pt. 2 : A Path to Enlightenment“, “Metta Meditation” and the “Outro“. The lyrics of the album have also very strong meaning. Song titles like “Mind As Universe“, “Inner Fullness” and “Spiritual Migration” are making it obvious I think.

The production is also amazing, you can hear every instrument perfectly clear. As a conclusion, this album is surely one of the best in 2013 and I think anyone who likes progressive music in any form, from technical bands or more melodic death bands (or probably any music fan) should DEFINETELY check this album out. A perfect release for me personally!