{"id":1186,"date":"2011-09-24T13:34:30","date_gmt":"2011-09-24T13:34:30","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-09-24T13:34:30","modified_gmt":"2011-09-24T13:34:30","slug":"","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.livestagemusic.com\/?p=1186","title":{"rendered":"Sons of Seasons: Magnisphyricon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Napalm\/Sound Pollution<\/p>\n<p>Oliver Palotai, be sure to remember that name. Featured in the music of BLAZE, KAMELOT and DORO, the guitarist\/keyboard player might not be a household name just yet. This is the second offering from SONS OF SEASONS, and a continuation of the ir chosen path says the info. The band also features METALIUM vocalist Henning Basse, guitarist Pepe Pierez, bass player Jurgen Steinmetz (SILENT FORCE, ROCK IGNITION), and drummer Daniel Schild. But now we delve into the multifaceted melodic symphonic metal that is the trade mark for SONS OF SEASONS.<\/p>\n<p>The stage is never far away, and that is the theater in this case. The title track is actually an opener with choirs and other stage sounds, a theme that returns again and again during the 14 tracks. The sound is overall on the pompous side, melancholia is a penchant and there is constant variation. Maybe the album is a bit on the lengthy side since I feel tired towards the end. \u201cSanctuary\u201d features the talents of EPICA\u00b4s vocalist Simone Simons, but I would actually not call it the highlight. I find the vaied and refrain-based \u201cLilith\u201d and progressivity and grandeur of \u201c1413\u201d to be the undisputed highlights. The let-downs are the tedious Casus Belli songs, tracks with sharper vocals and an unnecessary hard edge to them. I think SONS OF SEASONS to be one of the most interesting bands today, but the rough edges need some attention. Will their third effort be their undisputed breakthrough?<\/p>\n<p>Track List<br \/>\nMagnisphyricon: Temperance<br \/>\nBubonic Waltz<br \/>\nSoul Symmetry<br \/>\nSanctuary<br \/>\nCasus Belli I: Guilt\u00b4s Mirror<br \/>\nMagnisphyricon: Adjustment<br \/>\nInto the Void<br \/>\nA Nightbird\u00b4s Gospel<br \/>\nTales of Greed<br \/>\nLilith<br \/>\nCasus Belli II: Necrologue to the Unborn<br \/>\nMagnisphyricon: The Aeon<br \/>\n1413<br \/>\nYesteryears<\/p>\n<p>www.napalmrecords.com www.myspace.com\/sonsofseasons<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Napalm\/Sound Pollution Oliver Palotai, be sure to remember that name. Featured in the music of BLAZE, KAMELOT and DORO, the guitarist\/keyboard player might not be a household name just yet. This is the second offering from SONS OF SEASONS, and a continuation of the ir chosen path says the info. The band also features METALIUM [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cd_reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.livestagemusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.livestagemusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.livestagemusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.livestagemusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/120"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.livestagemusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.livestagemusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1186\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.livestagemusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.livestagemusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.livestagemusic.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}