Better late than never, right?

Yep, sometimes it takes a while for the coins to fall down as we say here in Sweden... I admit I was really disappointed with Nevermore's "Obsidian Conspiracy" when it was released. The production wasn't as smashing compared to what's normal for them. Also, it felt like they've reused some of their old stuff.

All of that might be true though. But today when I picked up the record, for the fourth or fifth time (I gave it a lot of spins for each session of course) it all fell into place. It sounds exactly like Nevermore shall sound. Controlled, technical, melodic, melancholic...
Warrel sounds a little strained on a few occasions and there's not as much of the high pitch vocals anymore. Still this sounds amazing. The six first songs is really perfect, and the suite with "Your Poison Throne", "Moonrise" and "And The Maiden Spoke" is just as good as any other Nevermore album. My favorites though are "Emptiness Unobstructed" and "The Blue Marble And The New Soul".
Still the title track can't measure up to "This Godless Endeavour" though...

So, this really shows that brand new reviews that are pushed out a few weeks prior to the release isn't the real ones... Would be quite cool to add another point of view after a year or two to some reviews...

Cheers
E

NP: Symphony X - Paradise Lost