Newsgroup: it.arti.musica.metal
Titolo: Nevermore - The Obsidian Conspiracy

tracklist definitiva:
01. The Termination Proclamation
02. Your Poison Throne
03. Moonrise (Through Mirrors Of Death)
04. And The Maiden Spoke
05. Emptiness Unobstructed
06. The Blue Marble And The New Soul
07. Without Morals
08. The Day You Built The Wall
09. She Comes In Colors
10. The Obsidian Conspiracy
G.
-- 
A quantum leap forward/ In time and in space
The universe learned to expand/ The mess and the magic
Triumphant and tragic/ A mechanized world out of hand
                     (Rush, Natural Science)

 tracklist definitiva:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgeUKIKxbOo
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 G.
http://metalarea.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=105870
One of the biggest hopes in metal, namely Nevermore, are finally back 
with their seventh studio album, titled “The Obsidian Conspiracy”. After 
the euphoria caused 5 years ago by the success of “This Godless 
Endeavor” it was quite logical for the band to take a long artistic 
break and re-charge with enough inspiration in order to come up with a 
successor worthy at least enough to match its predecessor. This 5-year 
break passed under the mark of 4 important occasions: the amazing DVD 
“The Year Of The Voyager” got finally released, both Jeff Loomis and 
Warrel Dane came up with their solo works, and the guys from Nevermore 
were once again deprived of the services of their second guitarist 
(which in “This Godless Endeavor” was Steve Smyth).
So, the time for a new musical masterpiece has finally come and all 
expectations got raised to the sky as if by command - personally for me, 
it’s one of the most anticipated records in 2010. Even from the deep, 
thick opening riffs of the short “The Termination Proclamation” it’s 
pretty clear that Nevermore’s class and professional approach is 
something almost impossible to be achieved by 9 of 10 bands in the 
genre. The hit-like track, suitable enough to give a starting point of 
the album, suddenly transforms into the solemnly epic spirit of “Your 
Poison Throne”. Here, just like in the follower “Moonrise (Through 
Mirrors Of Death)”, the composition is developed to a frightening scale 
level with a lot of diversity in both expression and emotion. Nevermore, 
alike another favorite band of mine – Queensryche, have perfected the 
ability to concentrate everything they have to say in the ranks of 4-5 
minutes, which in the end results into a memorizable song instead of mix 
of technical pretentiousness. In these two songs, the difference between 
“The Obsidian Conspiracy” and the band’s two previous albums becomes 
clear – the guitar solos of Loomis are way more structured, firm, 
harmonized and yet melodic. While in “This Godless Endeavor” all solos 
were played with more ostentation, everything here is subordinate to the 
song idea and the overall mood of the concrete track. “And The Maiden 
Spoke” impress with the well-known magnificent vocal accuracy of Warrel 
(along with dazzling lyrics), while “Emptiness Unobstructer” is without 
a doubt the song with the most hymn-spirited chorus in the whole record. 
The depression in “The Blue Marble And The New Soul” gets universal 
dimensions – the entire progress of the song is composed in an 
absolutely masterful way and the culmination is strikingly great. 
“Without Morals” steps in with yet another memorizable chorus (maybe 
even a little bit over the top) and without a doubt the best solo in the 
album; The fact that the melodies are layed down by more than two 
guitars make me think that it’s highly possible for Nevermore to attract 
a second guitarist for the upcoming tour. “The Day You Built The Wall” 
is the most forgettable song in the album – created by stereotype 
pattern through which musicians with Nevermore’s talent can easily 
compose over 30 tracks alike with an ease. This doesn’t in any way mean 
the track is weak though – together with the opener it’s just different 
from the other eight and doesn’t strike with originality and variations 
in both guitar and vocal melodical structures. These songs are the only 
ones which don’t carry the potential energetic charge of the others in 
order to impress with new sensations during each next listening.
The album ends with the splendid “She Comes In Colors” with its hellish 
twists and turns in the tempo, and the homonymous song that represents 
the utmost class of Nevermore speaking of rhythm section; “The Obsidian 
Conspiracy” is the fastest (almost thrashy) song with riffs that can 
smash your bones like a steam-roller and with masterly virtuoso played 
solos, filling the longest part of those 5 minutes of metal perfection.
It’s too early to say if the band made their best album up to date. But 
I can say with absolute certainty is that “The Obsidian Conspiracy” is a 
record worthy enough to be released with the logo NEVERMORE on its 
cover. Which means a lot when you’ve raised the standard level so high 
in order for it to be surpassed only by yourself and no one else. In a 
world full of “copy/paste” albums with less and less creative 
individualities, Nevermore continue to be a sip of fresh air, offering 
another collection of music which can be called “art” and which won’t 
get boring after the third spin.
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Wow, recensione molto lusinghiera.. speriamo bene :-)
KB