Peter Wildoer-drums
Richard wanted to do something new and fresh with this
album. He wanted to swing the neoclassic metal to a higher
dimension than what he had done before. So he called his
good friend Jonas Reingold to ask him if Time Requiem
could record their album in Jonas� studio. The album was
recorded in Jonas studio and produced by Richard and Jonas
and mixed by Fredrik Nordstr�m at Studio Fredman in
Gothenburg, Sweden.
Time Requiem
Richard Andersson, a
world class keyboard player and music/writer, formed
Majestic. They released two albums with neo-classic
progressive metal. During the summer of 2001 Richard
wasn�t satisfied with what Majestic had achived on the
two albums and he put the band on ice. Richard was not
content with the pepole who worked with the band as well.
(I don�t agree with Richard though, I think that the two
Majestic albums were really smashing.) So Richard went on
and formed a new band which he called Time Requiem. Along
with him Richard has almost the same people who worked
with him on the second Majestic album. Dick L�vgren
(In Flames, Arch Enemy and Last Tribe) is the only new
one in this constellation.
Magnus Nord-guitar
Apollo Pathanasio-lead vocals
Richard Andersson-keyboard
Dick L�vgren-bass
Time Requiem plays more profound music than Majestic. It has
more tempo-changes and is faster. The whole band is
tighter than before because the music is difficult to
play with lots of tempo changes. Richard sure shows that
he is one of the best keyboard-players in the world.
Apollo has an amazing voice and Peter impresses a lot
behind his drums. After two months in the studio, the
album was made. It contains nine tight, pure, agressive
neo-classical progressive metal tracks. And the result
was so good that it was mixed immediately.
"Time Requiem" is the first track in the album. It begins
with Richard and Peter before Apollo joins them. He has a
brilliant voice, it sounds really good. In "Watching The
Tower Of Skies" there�s an intro with church choirs before
Richard comes along, Apollo starts to sing and the rest of
the band starts to play. "Milagros Charm" is heavy and
fast and Richard plays a solo. In "The Aphorism" the
keyboard comes in the beginning. This song is kind of a
ballad. Magnus lets us enjoy his excellent guitar playing
in the end of the song. "Brutal Mentor" is an instrumental
track. It�s very fast and has a lot of tempo changes.
"Visions Of A New Dawn" is more melodic metal with some
choirs that back up Apollo perfectly. Another instrumental
track is "Interplay Of Matters", the track is short, only
two minutes and there�s are lot of tempo changes in this
track. The final song in the album is "Above And Beyond".
That song is also more of a melodic metal track. In the
middle there�s a solo well played by Magnus.
Richard shows again that he and Time Requiem are the best
neo-classical progressive metal group in the world. No
other group can compete with them. My expectations were
high on Richard when I heard about his new group and he
didn�t disappoint me at all. Time Requiem has made a
brilliant album, a masterpiece...
Album Rating:
Reviewed by: Anders Sandvall