Band:	Mountain Mirrors
Album:	Mountain Mirrors
Style:	Progressive metal, Progressive rock
Release date:	2006
A review by:	Jeff

01. Stay Evil
02. The Demon's Eye
03. Karmic Dogs
04. Your Time Has Come
05. Calm Before The Storm
06. Alone In A Crowd
07. Deploribus Unum
08. Praying Mantis

In my little world, full of Metal with a lot of "aggressive" music, sometime I receive some albums that give me the luck to do some real break. Today I got "Mountain Mirrors" the 2nd album of an American artist, Jeff Sanders. This album is a really beautiful piece of Progressive Folk/Rock/Metal that will remind you, without any doubt, some bands like Pink Floyd but also some other ones, a bit more "Metal", like Opeth (when they play their acoustic songs of course?).

For sure if you like Opeth's acoustic songs, you'll probably love this release because "Mountain Mirrors" is full of these kind of beautiful acoustic melancholic songs. This release is a bit like a musical poem with some really beautiful lyrics and evidently a lot of nice melodies. Don't expect fast rhythms though, this production is a pure Progressive release in the vein of the ones that it was possible to listen to during the 70's. So that's right, "Mountain Mirrors" doesn't sound "new" but for sure its music is not out of date and if you just like to be touched in the deepest part of you heart I'm sure that the production of Jeff Sanders will have its little emotive effect on you.

Musically speaking, "Mountain Mirrors" is full of acoustic/folk guitars, but you'll be able to find also some percussion, bass and electric guitars (for the soli) and some lines of keyboards. This is peaceful and the rhythms are slow in general but there is something magic in this release, it's poesy really. Also, the deep melancholic voice of Jeff is really beautiful and for sure some of you will be touched by its quality and will have some good feeling when you'll listen to it.

The production of "Mountain Mirrors" is good, and I really believe that this album will please the ones who just like Progressive Rock a la Pink Floyd, like the ones who like the "Accoustic Metal" of Opeth. If you just want to pass a peaceful moment listening to some cool music, have a look on this release which deserves all your attention.