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URIZEN - Autocratopolis
by BenevolenceVox
Track listing:
I. BIRTH
a.) a shift in the weather
II. INNOCENCE, ARROGANCE & STUPIDITY
b.) ...it begins to rain
c.) streetlight
d.) (never felt so dreadful)
III. TRIUMPH & DISAPPOINTMENT
e.) the grand ascension
f.) behind the vast window
IV. DISILLUSION, DESPAIR & THE BIRTH OF NIHILISM
g.) barren winds
h.) oh the humanity
V. IMTRODUCTION OF TRUTH & THE OUTRIGHT REJECTION THEREOF
i.) neon
j.) (or 3 steps
k.) to happiness)
VI.) ACCEPTANCE, DELIGHT & DEMISE
I.) the horror
My first exposure to Urizen was at the last Ridglea Metal Fest. I found them to be a rather curious entity
and didn't quite know what to make of them at the time. Having just come downstairs from seeing one of the
bands on stage 3 I found this band ripping through their set with a fury, they had just launched into "Neon
or 3 Steps to Happiness". The spoken word intro on this song had me scratching my head for a bit. During that
night I received the free demo that they were passing out and decided to give it a spin or 2 to really check
out what was going on. Well, after playing that demo several THOUSAND times I found a band that I could truly
appreciate.
Having become a fan of this band through that demo I took it upon myself to purchase
AUTOCRATOPOLIS (their full length effort) What I found on that disc pretty much floored me, exceeded my
expectations and shattered any preconceivd notions about what the band is about. This disc has a VERY wide
range of styles prominently leaning to but not relying on an extreme metal vibe. Oddly enough there really
isn't any extreme metal style vocals, the vocals are more in the vein of power or progressive netal and are
done very well. Vocal duties are divided between Thomas (guitar and bass on the disc) and Daniel Drinnen
(keyboards) and are handled very capably by both. Metal is not the only influence on this disc, there's
extreme metal, power metal, progressive, acoustic and other influences I can't quite put my finger on (there
even seems to be a few nods to a show-tune type vibe) AUTOCRATOPOLIS as far as I can tell is a concept (at
least the pics in the insert seem to imply some type of story) bottom line, if you like it heavy, but you
appreciate great musicianship and ALOT of diversity then you may want to check these guys out and pick up
AUTOCRATOPOLIS. On a side note these guys remind me a bit of Faith No More just due to the fact that they
can have so many different styles and can still be recognized as Urizen. Also, let us not forget Julio
Escamilla who does an absolutely phenomenal job on the drums. The packaging on this disc is completely
professional looking and the mixing/mastering on the disc is also done VERY well.
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Since 02.23.06
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