Sieges Even - The Art Of Navigating By The Stars
Tracklist
01. Intro: Navigating By The Stars02. 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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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. Read more ›› |
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The Rush influence is heavy on this one. Beautiful stuff. Not for everyone that's for sure.
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Posts: 4603 Written by tea[m]ster on 12.05.2012 at 15:20 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.
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Posts: 5282 Written by Milena on 19.06.2012 at 10:53 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.
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Posts: 5282 Written by Neithan on 06.03.2013 at 14:56 Have you checked out Subsignal yet? The Sieges Even guy's next project!
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Posts: 5282 Written by Neithan on 07.03.2013 at 10:23 On it. Also, I'm pretty sure Arno had a guest appearance on the latest Dreamscape album, which was a bit of a letdown 
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Posts: 4603 Written by tea[m]ster on 09.03.2013 at 16:38 I really liked that one song he was a part of but didn't like the rest of the album much either.
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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)
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best of Sieges Even, highly recommended for those who like the progressive
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Posts: 5638 Written by SebaRaven36 on 07.05.2019 at 05:15 than why rate it an 8 if it's a perfect album.  
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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
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