Band: Pagan's Mind
Album: God's Equation
Genre: Progressive Metal
Track Listing:
01. The Conception 2:02
02. God's Equation 7:56
03. United Alliance 5:04
04. Atomic Firelight 5:18
05. Hallo Spaceboy (David Bowie cover) 5:30
06. Evolution Exceed 6:08
07. Alien Kamikaze 4:36
08. Painted Skies 6:32
09. Spirit Starcruiser 6:01
10. Farewell 2:10
11. Osiris' Triumphant Return 8:44
A new Pagan's Mind album is always an event to celebrate. I discovered this band a couple of years ago and their debut album "Infinity Divine" made quite an impression in me with its excellent combination of melody, power and musical skills.
Now they´ve released their fourth opus "God's Equation". This album shows all the characteristic features that I love about this band, that consisting in high quality clean vocals by Nils K. Rue (a very close sound-alike is Queensryche's vocalist Geoff Tate) who always keeps it interesting for the listener by using a lot of different ranges of his good voice; audible and groovy bass lines; top notch guitar playing (including jaw-breaking solos); highly technical keyboards that are used for many different roles (background, intros, solos, melodies, etc.); and varied rocking drums keeping it all together.
But don't get me wrong, this album is not just a re-arrangement of the same old things. Evolution is present, as in "God's Equation" the band took an even more progressive approach (just listen to the weird space sounds in "Painted Skies") by adding more time changes, melodies and guitar/keyboard effects to the recipe.
I think that this album will delight progressive and power metal fans alike and it is another gem in the band's discography. All in all, this is melodic music, so it may not appeal to the more extreme metal fans out there. But something is for sure, Pagan's Mind is at the top amongst progressive metal bands and it is a superb point of start for those who are getting familiar with this zone of the metal spectrum.
Let's hope that this guys keep doing this high quality music for years to come for our amusement and astonishment.
Download "God's Equation" here
Song: "God's Equation"
Flying through space and time
To see what's real and what's fantasy
In silence I'll always remember
To search the open door
And by this conclusion I call you
Escaping through the core
Save us in Heaven's skies
And grant us sign of Life
Stars are rising
Seven senses
With my eyes, do you see?
Racing through endless seas
Reveal the Heavenly Force in you
Building a lifeform with power
The energy in all
Communicate visions as always
I search this open road
I feel like carrying on
And by this conclusion I call you
I call eternally
To the unknown sacrifice
So long, released once again
Incense conclusion
Find the way out from the light
In these dimensions:
Find the way out
Save us in Heaven's skies
And grant us sign of Life
Stars are rising
Outer senses
With my eyes, do you see?
Heavenly fire, Gods of higher
Silent in all their grace
"All lifeforms in this universe are built
upon one single, true equation.
A deep, intricate, yet simple equation
That bonds everything together."
In silence I'll always remember
To search the open door
And by this confession I call you
Escaping through the core
In God's true creation,
To save your soul
And by the Equation
The key remains unfold
Save us in Heaven's skies
And grant us sign of Life
Stars are rising
Seven senses
With my eyes, do you see?
Heaven's sensation
God's Equation
Silent in all their grace
