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But is it unique? Hell yeah. It's a unique take on alt metal. Many of the songs on this particular disc begin with that same guitar subtly, and it's really only to about halfway into the track that you get a really good whiff of anger and rage.
However, don't go into this disc thinking you'll find the one big hit, their most popular song, because trust me , you won't find it. When I first gave this disc a chance, I couldn't find one song that stood out to me, which is why it's nigh impossible to review track-by-track.
However, I decided the next time I looked at the album to listen to the entire album all the way through, and upon the disc's conclusion it made more sense.
Although not every track segues into each other, it just sound better together. The more progressive, conceptual bands do it well. While many symphonic prog groups lay it all out in twenty minute leviathans, the newer wave of prog-tinged outfits prefer to lay it out through the entire album, such as Rishloo, The Mars Volta and Between The Buried And Me hell, "Colors" was an hour long song divided into 8 or so tracks.
It sounds like a weird combination at first, and indeed, at second glance, it really is. I thought this would be a crappy record, I really did.
Only did I realize the message of this album did I have a change of heart. Don't dig into this thinking you'll find some catchy fist- puncher to head-bang with your friends down at the bar; you ain't gonna find it here. Don't judge a book by it's cover; this is truly a heavy prog lover's disc right here. The growling and yelling during the heavier sections mar the piece. The vocalist is content to remain excessive and piercing in places, however.
The closing section is an odd bit of electro-pop. When it picks up, the lead guitar is somewhat disharmonious, but I enjoy the variety exhibited by the rhythm section here. The album's best guitar solo appears at the end, nearly marred by more caterwauling.
The addition of the distorted guitar distracts from what could have added a layer of dynamics to this harsh collection of songs.
That said, it's one of the more memorable tracks. It builds in typical post-rock fashion. The middle passage is quiet and almost unnoticeable. The last several minutes of the album strangely consist of a single instrument playing light, echoing chords. Vocals are great, never over-the-top and always impressive. The guitar playing has an ethereal quality to it and it's simply marvelous.
The rhythm section does a really nice job with the various tempo changes; rather than being abrupt and stopping your musical trip It's something else, and I don't even do drugs! Some parts are slightly metal, but don't let that turn you off. It's just a tiny bit heavier than Rush at their heaviest. Some parts are straightforward rock yet they manage to keep that surreal quality. I truly think this album just must be heard because this band has to be supported. There is so much they can do.
The tracks themselves are great and standouts would be Turning Sheep, River of Glass, and Katsushika. But this album has a great flow to it. I need to analyze the lyrics now, that's the only part I'll come back to in my review. Otherwise, there is a lot of beauty to be found here in the post-apocalyptic guitar playing style.
Just check it out and enjoy. Great vocal. At there is a shift to a very dreamy, eery muted guitar and distant muted vocal section to fade. It starts with a beautiful yet ominous intro till when the hard rockin music and great TMV-like vocal cut in. At there is another quiet "eye in the hurricane" spell before havoc is returned to end.
This one could've been extended to great effect. Amazing vocal performance! This is one of those moments when you realize you are hearing a truly extraordinary singer--versatile, emotional, with excellent lyrical delivery. It's like the band has an extra instrument--and a virtuoso performing it, too. Then, equally weird, is the album's only appearance of piano--here taking on an unaccompanied solo. Around the band returns with a rather drastic shift as an awesome 3-note guitar arpeggio loops ad nauseum to the song's end four minutes!
At another guitar arpeggio loop appears--this one heavier. Drew's vocal final shows a weakness: in the higher registers. This song is just a bit too pointless--rage against the Shoegazers? ENO would like. Joined by a tender, haunting vocal till when it seems as if the band is trying to 'lift' the song into another, higher gear--to no avail--it's just a tease--until, finally, it all crescendos in the song's final 30 seconds. Keys and chords shift and change quite interestingly.
Incredible song. It starts off great? Some stunning music here--playful guitar and powerful vocal performances. I look forward to more from this band. Terras Frames is the band's debut full length studio album, released in , and obviously being the debut of a relatively unknown band doesn't have the most amazing production job in the world, at least compared to their later work or the releases of bigger, richer bands.
Compared to the two releases which would follow it, Terra Fames is a lot more restrained and normal sounding both in terms of progressive moments and metal sounding moments; the band don't use as complicated structures or as many guitar effects or experimental tracks and generally write comparatively quite straight forward music throughout. The album also doesn't flirt with heavy moments and screaming in the same way as those that followed it as a general rule, and while there are a few big moments such as on 'Seven Rings Left,' they don't have the same explosive power and ferocity as the biggest moments on their later work have.
Despite the fact that their later work took things much farther, and are some of the genuinely best and most exciting records out there, that does not in anyway mean that Terras Fames is in any way even approaching being a bad record.
Tracks like the powerful 'The Water Is Fine,' with its impressive drumming, as well as the fabulous 'Illumination,' and the album closer 'Fames,' are well worth the time of any listener and illustrate the vast potential of the band even at this early stage in their career. The band's very strong talent shines through on Terra Fames and the lyrics are just as perfectly formed and impressive as on all their later work. The record is very pleasant to play from beginning to end and nothing on it seems particularly weak or out of place, there are lots of interesting musical ideas on offer and impressive musicianship throughout.
Anything from this record would sound great on a compilation or live set amongst their later work as importantly it all still feels like Rishloo. Overall; Terras Fames is something you should definitely pick up once you are a fan of Rishloo, perhaps not the best choice for your first Rishloo album, but still absolutely worth trying.
The only criticism one could fairly level at the record at all is that the albums that would follow are better, but that is more of a compliment in favor of those records rather than a problem with Terra Fames.
The band are perhaps most famous for Tool and A Perfect Circle comparisons, but there is a lot more to the band than simply homage to the unique and oft imitated talents of Maynard James Keenan, Adam Jones, Justin Chancellor and Danny Carey although if you listen carefully, it is easy to pick up on just that; for each member and their specific tones and styles, especially because Rishloo feature rhythmic and emotive vocals that use of lot of long sustained shouts over musical transitions.
While Rishloo write artistic and creative music suited to fans of progressive rock, the music falls more on the commercial and listenable alternative rock end of the prog spectrum than on the dense, challenging and difficult end. There aren't twenty-minute songs played at 30bpm full of drills, grotesque film samples and dissonant organs; just intelligent and interesting music written and performed by talent individuals.
I would urge anyone who is a fan of bands talented and focused like Dredg, Amplifier, The Mars Volta, Coheed And Cambria or The Dear Hunter to try out Rishloo and see if they suit you, chances are you will not be disappointed.
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