Reviews

7BZH combines metal and traditional folk seamlessly to create a beautiful and uplifting chilli ice-cream. Out of this, detailed and complex narratives and landscapes are scuplted - that is, of course, until everybody goes paintballing and leaves the last bits of ice-cream sculpture to melt.

Men Ruz combines undistorted chords with distorted yet cleanly played guitar solos in a cheerful and uplifting piece with a hint of attachment - maybe love, maybe nostalgia.

In The Sailor, low power chords representing the repetitive nature of a sailor's life and a traditional folk sound are tempered by drums and solos that seem to represent events in a voyage - for instance between 24 and 33 seconds, it seems that a joke is told before a laughing reaction takes place.

Breizh Coast is introduced with serene and delicate yet suspending melody that creates a feeling of beauty, awe and megalomania - be it created by nature or human achievement. Abruptly, some of the delicacy is replaced with awe as drums are introduced to accent more stacato guitarwork. Finally, beauty and serenity is restored.

F.U.N.K.'s wild and manic feel arises from its metallic sound and the fast pace created by tribal-sounding percussion. Irregular, artistic features enhance this mania - for instance, a little guitar solo goes higher than predicted at the end, seeming beautifully out of control with excitement. Yet unlike the first three tracks, which seem to represent lives, lands and human emotions, F.U.N.K. is more abstract and focuses on the creation of a mood and feeling of fast-paced movement, action and event, lending it to more diverse interpretations - that is, of course, if it demands interpretation at all.

Thank you, 7BZH, for this artistic, polished and concise album; your sensible decision not to stretch it with boring repetition earns my respect and appreciation.