Mithras: Behind The Shadows Lie Madness

Last Mithras recording Beyond The Veil didn't nail everyone to the wall, nor did it make them run for the lobby and the nearest recording of "Nearer My God To Me." The same thing goes for this slab: Here, the duo serves up 12 tunes which alternate between underground (yes, it's being said) brutality and art rock pretentiousness and occasionally veer toward the accidentally comedic. The guitars are frequently afire, often sounding like they were lifted and updated from some vintage Manilla Road album; the drums are grating, mechanical and cliché; the songs actually offer memorable moments that you might speak, dream or even think of in the days that follow your initial listen. But for all the things that go right ("Under The Spheres," "Into Black Holes Of Oblivion"), others go wrong ("When The Light Fades Away," "Awaken Man And Stone"). (By the way: There's a moment, during "To Fall From The Heavens," when you wonder if the guys weren't listening to the soundtrack of Team America: World Police during the writing process. WTF?) Still showing promise four albums to its career Mithras is arriving at the point where it will have to live up to expectations or consider other options.

Track Listing
1. The Journey And The Forsaken
2. To Fall From Heavens
3. Under The Three Spheres
4. Into Black Holes Of Oblivion
5. When The Light Fades Away
6. Behind The Shadows
7. Awaken Man And Stone
8. The Twisted Flower
9. To Where The Sun Never Leaves
11. Thrown Upon The Waves
12. Into The Unknown

Added: May 8th 2007
Reviewer: Jedd Beaudoin
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Related Link: Candlelight Records
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Language: english

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