Sieges Even - The Art Of Navigating By The Stars

8.6 | 134 votes |

Release date:	2005
Style:	Progressive metal
Owners:	124 have it 22 want it

01. Intro: Navigating By The Stars
02. Sequence I: The Weight
03. Sequence II: The Lonely Views Of Condors
04. Sequence III: Unbreakable
05. Sequence IV: Stigmata
06. Sequence V: Blue Wide Open
07. Sequence VI: To The Ones Who Have Failed
08. Sequence VII: Lighthouse
09. Sequence VIII: Styx

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Milena

Rating:
9.5

I'm quite shocked that this album hasn't got a review yet. Yes, Sieges Even is rather an unknown band, even among prog fans (I got it as a recommendation from a more experienced one than myself), but this album is a true masterpiece.

The first thing that caught my ears off guard is the atmosphere of the songs. "Sequence I: The Weight" is a sound equivalent of a Salvador Dali picture. "Sequence V: Blue Wide Open" captures the perfect atmosphere of a hot, sunny noon somewhere in the Mediterranean sea. Most of other songs I can easily associate with sparkling colours of sunsets and sunrises. The band deserves a perfect grade in writing such complicated songs that yet so easily communicate with the listener. You don't have to try and get a grip of what the artist wants to say through several listens so you could appreciate the album, which is one of the more common situations when you've just started listening to prog like me. Instead, its beauty deepens the more you listen to it, but the overall feeling and understanding of the songs are just the same. The other perfect grade I've given to them is for perfectly executing those songs and getting the messages across.

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published 09.02.2011 | Comments (6)

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tea[m]ster Au Pays Natal Contributor Posts: 5266	Permalink 12.05.2012 - 15:20 Rating: 8 tea[m]ster Au Pays Natal Contributor Posts: 5266 The Rush influence is heavy on this one. Beautiful stuff. Not for everyone that's for sure. ---- rekt Loading...
Milena gloom cookie Staff Posts: 4603	Permalink 19.06.2012 - 10:53 Rating: 10 Milena gloom cookie Staff Posts: 4603 Written by tea[m]ster on 12.05.2012 at 15:20 The Rush influence is heavy on this one. Beautiful stuff. Not for everyone that's for sure. Everything Steffen and Menses have done together, beginning with this album and up until now, seems to be tailor-made for my tastes. I'm not exaggerating when I say this album turned my life around. So many times I've thought of giving in to life, but then I remembered getting lost is a part of navigating, and that it's okay to be frightened of the view from "up here". That's what this album is all about, for me. ---- 7.0 means the album is good Loading...
tea[m]ster Au Pays Natal Contributor Posts: 5266	Permalink 21.06.2012 - 00:28 Rating: 8 tea[m]ster Au Pays Natal Contributor Posts: 5266 Written by Milena on 19.06.2012 at 10:53 I'm not exaggerating when I say this album turned my life around. So many times I've thought of giving in to life, but then I remembered getting lost is a part of navigating, and that it's okay to be frightened of the view from "up here". That's what this album is all about, for me. Powerful stuff young lady. I agree, those two doods can flat-out write songs. I picked this album up after hearing Paramount. I love both of them. ---- rekt Loading...
Neithan Posts: 3	Permalink 06.03.2013 - 14:56 Rating: 10 Neithan Posts: 3 For me, one of the best rock albums ever. Just that. Loading...
tea[m]ster Au Pays Natal Contributor Posts: 5266	Permalink 07.03.2013 - 03:05 Rating: 8 tea[m]ster Au Pays Natal Contributor Posts: 5266 Written by Neithan on 06.03.2013 at 14:56 For me, one of the best rock albums ever. Just that. Have you checked out Subsignal yet? The Sieges Even guy's next project! ---- rekt Loading...
Neithan Posts: 3	Permalink 07.03.2013 - 10:23 Rating: 10 Neithan Posts: 3 Written by tea[m]ster on 07.03.2013 at 03:05 Written by Neithan on 06.03.2013 at 14:56 For me, one of the best rock albums ever. Just that. Have you checked out Subsignal yet? The Sieges Even guy's next project! Of course, they are also great. I am a big fan of Arno's voice. You should check (if you haven't already) his guest performance in Soul Secret - Aftermath !! Loading...
tea[m]ster Au Pays Natal Contributor Posts: 5266	Permalink 09.03.2013 - 16:38 Rating: 8 tea[m]ster Au Pays Natal Contributor Posts: 5266 Written by Neithan on 07.03.2013 at 10:23 You should check (if you haven't already) his guest performance in Soul Secret - Aftermath !! On it. Also, I'm pretty sure Arno had a guest appearance on the latest Dreamscape album, which was a bit of a letdown ---- rekt Loading...
Milena gloom cookie Staff Posts: 4603	Permalink 09.03.2013 - 23:16 Rating: 10 Milena gloom cookie Staff Posts: 4603 Written by tea[m]ster on 09.03.2013 at 16:38 Written by Neithan on 07.03.2013 at 10:23 You should check (if you haven't already) his guest performance in Soul Secret - Aftermath !! On it. Also, I'm pretty sure Arno had a guest appearance on the latest Dreamscape album, which was a bit of a letdown I really liked that one song he was a part of but didn't like the rest of the album much either. ---- 7.0 means the album is good Loading...
yeah1980 Posts: 143	Permalink +1 15.11.2013 - 16:55 Rating: 8 yeah1980 Posts: 143 A very interesting mix of prog rock and prog metal, scoring IMHO 8.5/10, but it could be higher with time... ---- "Be water, my friend" (Bruce Lee) Loading...
robpal Proglord Posts: 207	Permalink +1 16.03.2014 - 15:33 Rating: 10 robpal Proglord Posts: 207 What a beautiful album, full of melodic passages and great vocals. Lyrics are also phenomenal. I'm sure some will find it "too soft", but it's on my prog Top 10 of all time. Loading...
qlacs "The Quaker" Posts: 1547	Permalink 15.06.2017 - 09:48 Rating: 10 qlacs "The Quaker" Posts: 1547 Both musically and lyrically gets better with time. ---- Loading...
SebaRaven36 Posts: 678	Permalink 07.05.2019 - 05:15 Rating: 8 SebaRaven36 Posts: 678 best of Sieges Even, highly recommended for those who like the progressive Loading...
metalriff Posts: 158	Permalink 31.01.2021 - 19:17 Rating: 10 metalriff Posts: 158 And the view from there is frightening ---- 1001 Metal albums to hear before you die https://metalstorm.net/users/list.php?list_id=6531 Loading...
JoHn Doe Posts: 5120	Permalink 31.01.2021 - 19:42 Rating: 10 JoHn Doe Posts: 5120 Written by SebaRaven36 on 07.05.2019 at 05:15 Perfect album and thebest of Sieges Even, highly recommended for those who like the progressive than why rate it an 8 if it's a perfect album. ---- I thought the two primary purposes for the internet were cat memes and overreactions. Loading...
majormalfunction Posts: 1507	Permalink 15.02.2021 - 13:10 Rating: 10 majormalfunction Posts: 1507 One of the best prog metal records ever, they got everything right on this record. Sadly also a very forgotten record, they never got the credit they deserved ---- Everything's twice as bright with money in your hands Loading...
robpal Proglord Posts: 207	Permalink 12.03.2024 - 00:38 Rating: 10 robpal Proglord Posts: 207 Written by robpal on 16.03.2014 at 15:33 What a beautiful album, full of melodic passages and great vocals. Lyrics are also phenomenal. I'm sure some will find it "too soft", but it's on my prog Top 10 of all time. 10 years later and nothing has changed -- still top of my list! Loading...