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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
A Prelude to Perfection
1 Jan 2005
Format:Audio CD
If you bought the PM second CD (Celestial Entrance), you know that it is one of the best prog/power metal releases of the decade. I bought the remastered edition of the debut Infinity Divine, the one with the vocals remastered and two bonus tracks, and indeed the vocals are as good as the second album. The instrumental dexterity is also great. The main difference is that the songwriting hasn't quite come together. The mood is also darker across the entire album here. The last bonus track starts downright scary, unless you're pagan, I suppose, with lyrics like "Rise from your grave little sister!" My mother would call it "devil music." No worries, it's basically all singing, and practically no death metal growling.
The production is great, and the songs have no problem flowing from start to finish, it's just that I'm spoiled from Celestial Entrance, which is such a perfect masterpiece of absolute domination and control that I may not be able to judge accurately how good Infinity Divine is. Regardless, my favorite musical moments are Angels' Serenity (sounds like it could belong on the second album), Dawning of the Nemesis (a slower pensive piece), and Twilight Arise for its beautiful guitar and guitar/keyboard riff near the end. If this one had a few more magical moments, like the soaring majesty of Osiris' Eeeeeeeyes, or the instrumental on Celestial Entrance, or even the finality of the riffs from Dreamscape Lucidity, then I could in good conscience give five stars. I'm not sorry I bought this one, but how can I compare it to a CD worth $50 that gives you chills for seventy minutes?
The production is great, and the songs have no problem flowing from start to finish, it's just that I'm spoiled from Celestial Entrance, which is such a perfect masterpiece of absolute domination and control that I may not be able to judge accurately how good Infinity Divine is. Regardless, my favorite musical moments are Angels' Serenity (sounds like it could belong on the second album), Dawning of the Nemesis (a slower pensive piece), and Twilight Arise for its beautiful guitar and guitar/keyboard riff near the end. If this one had a few more magical moments, like the soaring majesty of Osiris' Eeeeeeeyes, or the instrumental on Celestial Entrance, or even the finality of the riffs from Dreamscape Lucidity, then I could in good conscience give five stars. I'm not sorry I bought this one, but how can I compare it to a CD worth $50 that gives you chills for seventy minutes?
7 of 10 people found the following review helpful
A polished remix of a album that marks a good start...
7 Mar 2005
Format:Audio CD
Most North American metal fans first experenced that which was Pagan's Mind back in 2003 with their sophomore debut Celestial Entrance. After the release of that excelent album, many fans were interested in purchasing the band's debut album, Infinity Divine, which was originally released on a smaller independent label. Unfortunately it was poorly distrubuted (but you can still find it here at Amazon, as it's other version of this album that is available).
Due to the demand for a re-release of this album, the band's current record label, Limb Music went ahead and released it, but not before the band insisted on re-recording all the vocals and remastered and editied the original recordings. What we end up with is a powered-up version of the band's debut that shows a promising beginning.
Unfortunately, if you are expecting either version of Infinity Divine to be on par with Celestial Entrance upon purchasing or listening, you may be dissapointed. While the songs on Infinity are good (my personal favorites being Caught in a Dream, Twilight Arise, Angels' Serenity, King's Quest, and both versions of Embracing Fear), they simply cannot compare to the bands work on Celestial Entrance, both musically and lyricly (the lone exception being the re-recorded bonus version of Embracing Fear). This isn't a horrible thing, just don't get you hopes up to high (leave that for their new 2005 album Engmatic: Calling to be released in early April). This and the original version of this album is most likely to only end up in collections of those who consider themselves metal or Pagan's Mind afficiandos.
As I've stated already, the most important aspect of Infinity Divine is that it marks a good start for thre band, a band I and many hope to hear lots of good music from in the years to come. This re-release and remake only enforces this fact and makes this chapter in Pagan's Mind history only that much more enjoyable.
Strangely enough, this copy of Infinty Divine includes two bonus tracks, but gives up the track "Moonlight Pact" found on the original version of the album. While this is quite odd, it's not really a problem as it isn't one of the original version's stronger songs. This will only come to annoy those who must have everything that is Pagan's Mind.
Due to the demand for a re-release of this album, the band's current record label, Limb Music went ahead and released it, but not before the band insisted on re-recording all the vocals and remastered and editied the original recordings. What we end up with is a powered-up version of the band's debut that shows a promising beginning.
Unfortunately, if you are expecting either version of Infinity Divine to be on par with Celestial Entrance upon purchasing or listening, you may be dissapointed. While the songs on Infinity are good (my personal favorites being Caught in a Dream, Twilight Arise, Angels' Serenity, King's Quest, and both versions of Embracing Fear), they simply cannot compare to the bands work on Celestial Entrance, both musically and lyricly (the lone exception being the re-recorded bonus version of Embracing Fear). This isn't a horrible thing, just don't get you hopes up to high (leave that for their new 2005 album Engmatic: Calling to be released in early April). This and the original version of this album is most likely to only end up in collections of those who consider themselves metal or Pagan's Mind afficiandos.
As I've stated already, the most important aspect of Infinity Divine is that it marks a good start for thre band, a band I and many hope to hear lots of good music from in the years to come. This re-release and remake only enforces this fact and makes this chapter in Pagan's Mind history only that much more enjoyable.
Strangely enough, this copy of Infinty Divine includes two bonus tracks, but gives up the track "Moonlight Pact" found on the original version of the album. While this is quite odd, it's not really a problem as it isn't one of the original version's stronger songs. This will only come to annoy those who must have everything that is Pagan's Mind.
queensreich,dream theater ,beware!
19 Feb 2007
Format:Audio CD
great cd. great keyboard work and riviting guitar work. a must have.
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