The Sleeping City

역시나 실망시키지 않는 아름답고 신비한 소리입니다. 셈과 여림 사이를 능수능란하게 지휘하는 키보드와 멀리 있지만 사운드를 꽉 채우는 다양한 이펙트 소리들에 음악 감상이 아주 행복합니다.

An Abstract Illusion na albume "The Sleeping City" ponúkajú kombináciu Melodického a Atmosférického Black Metal -u s Prog. Metal -om. Album má dobrý zvuk a strieda kľudnejšie (zasnené pasáže) s tvrdšími a priamočiarejšími. Hudbe dominuje rev (blackový krik), ktorý je doplnený o občasný melodický spev.

다소 산만하던 전작에 비해 훨씬 높아진 응집력과 수려한 멜로디를 기반으로 젠트, 데스 코어, 신스까지 모두 담아내며 프로그래시브의 필수 요소인 완급 조절까지 훌륭하게 해낸 올해의 차세대 프록 메탈.

Many songs on An Abstract Illusion‘s new album have a tighter melodic backbone that helps their slow builds out by adding better context and flow.

These guys come back with an emotional powerhouse of an album. I'm not surprised considering their 2022 album, but this new one is probably a skosh better. The buzz is putting this near the top of 2025's metal releases, and for once I can agree. Of course death metal with a bit of black metal made extremely atmospheric is a great formula, and the new wave synth textures replete with their 80s signifier aspect work beautifully. Track 6 as a segue to Track 7 works like a charm.

An incredible album, with a perfect combination of progressive death metal and black metal influences, with very well-fitting vocal melodies and some guitar solos, as in the title track, which, by the way, is mt favorite metal song of the year.