CHAOS OVER COSMOS — A Dream If Ever There Was One

MetalMusicArchives.com — the ultimate metal music online community, from the creators of progarchives.com

CHAOS OVER COSMOS - A Dream If Ever There Was One cover
3.50 | 1 rating | 1 review
Buy this album from MMA partners

Album · 2022

Tracklist


1. Continuum (3:09)
2. Fire-eater (7:30)
3. Navigating by Moonlight (7:17)
4. A Mantra of Oppression (8:38)
5. Ebb and Flow(ers) (10:50)
6. Melatonin (2:36) (instrumental)
7. Cascading Darkness - We Will [re]Seed (7:02)
8. Consumed - Two Cannot [re]Pair (8:08)
9. Worlds Apart - You Must [re]Build (5:55)
10. Asimov (3:32)

Total Time 64:37

Line-up/Musicians


- KC Lyon / Vocals
- Rafał Bowman / Guitars, Bass, Keyboards, Programming

Guest/Session:
- Keaton Lyon / Vocals (track 3)

About this release

Label: Independent release
Release date: November 9th, 2022

Thanks to umur for the addition

Buy CHAOS OVER COSMOS - A DREAM IF EVER THERE WAS ONE music

More places to buy metal & CHAOS OVER COSMOS music

CHAOS OVER COSMOS A DREAM IF EVER THERE WAS ONE reviews

Specialists/collaborators reviews

UMUR
"A Dream if Ever There Was One" is the third full-length studio album by multi-national progressive metal act Chaos Over Cosmos. The album was independently released in November 2022. It´s the successor to "The Silver Lining Between the Stars" from August 2021 and features the same duo lineup who recorded the predecessor in Rafał Bowman (Guitars, Bass, Keyboards, Programming) and vocalist KC Lyon. Keaton Lyon performs guest vocals on "Navigating by Moonlight". "A Dream if Ever There Was One" features six new compositions (40 minutes of music) and four previously released tracks in slightly different versions (new vocals, remastered and/or with added studio editings and effects), which adds up to an additional 24-25 minutes of music.

Stylistically the material on "A Dream if Ever There Was One" continues the futuristic sci-fi oriented progressive metal style of "The Silver Lining Between the Stars". It´s technical music featuring fast-paced riffs, even faster melodic lead guitar work (sometimes neo-classical influenced), well programmed drums, omnipresent futuristic sounding synths/keyboards, and aggressive screaming vocals on top (and occasional clean vocals). Some of the riffs/rhythms and especially the vocals belong in core territory (or 90s melodic death metal higher pitched screaming territory), but most of the instrumental part of the music is fast-paced and technical progressive metal. This is for those who enjoy their music busy and incredibly fast...ultra fast...ridiculously fast. The velocity is insane. You can of course program drums to play as fast you like, but especially the guitars are played at at impressive pace throughout the release. On the basis of that I´m not sure if Bowman isn´t also partically a mechanical being (a cyborg). It´s impossible not to be impressed by the blistering shredding which the listener is treated to (as the band write on their Bandcamp in the liner notes to this release: "Expect inhuman, technical and modern prog metal.").

The cold sci-fi atmosphere works well with the band´s songwriting approach although it can all at times get a little sterile and digital sounding. A little less polish and a bit more rawness to the production could have provided the recording with a bit more soul. When that is said I´m still highly entertained throughout the album´s playing time. The tracks are complex in structure, something new and exciting is happening all the time, the performances are on a high level, the sound production suits the material, and upon conclusion "A Dream if Ever There Was One" is therefore another high quality release from Chaos Over Cosmos. A 3.5 - 4 star (75%) rating is deserved.

Members reviews

No CHAOS OVER COSMOS A DREAM IF EVER THERE WAS ONE reviews posted by members yet.

Ratings only

No CHAOS OVER COSMOS ratings only posted yet.

Write/edit review

You must be logged in to write or edit review

MMA TOP 5 Metal ALBUMS

Rating by members, ranked by custom algorithm
Albums with 30 ratings and more
Master of Puppets Thrash Metal
METALLICA
Buy this album from our partners
Paranoid Heavy Metal
BLACK SABBATH
Buy this album from our partners
Moving Pictures Hard Rock
RUSH
Buy this album from our partners
Powerslave NWoBHM
IRON MAIDEN
Buy this album from our partners
Rising Heavy Metal
RAINBOW
Buy this album from our partners

New Metal Artists

New Metal Releases

Hin helga kvöl Atmospheric Sludge Metal
SÓLSTAFIR
Buy this album from MMA partners
The Cycles of Suffering Black Metal
BURIAL OATH
Buy this album from MMA partners
Facilis Descensus Averno Death Metal
SAEVUS FINIS
Buy this album from MMA partners
Merciless Crossover Thrash
BODY COUNT
Buy this album from MMA partners
More new releases

New Metal Online Videos

More videos

New MMA Metal Forum Topics

More in the forums

New Site interactions

More...

Latest Metal News

members-submitted

More in the forums

Social Media

Follow us