ANIMATIONS

Progressive Metal / Metalcore • Poland
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Animations is Polish progressive metal band from Jaworzno founded in 2007 under the name Labyrinth.pl changing their name to Animations in the same year. The band has released two full length albums, of which the first one is fully instrumental. The second album was released with vocalist Darek Bartosiewicz, however, since 2011 they have had a new vocalist Frantz Wołoch.
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ANIMATIONS Animations album cover 3.50 | 1 ratings
Animations
Progressive Metal 2007
ANIMATIONS Reset Your Soul album cover 3.00 | 1 ratings
Reset Your Soul
Progressive Metal 2009
ANIMATIONS Private Ghetto album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Private Ghetto
Metalcore 2013

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ANIMATIONS Animations

Album · 2007 · Progressive Metal
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"Animations" is the eponymously titled debut full-length studio album by Polish progressive metal act Animations. The album was independently released in July 2007. Animations formed under the labyrinth.pl monicker in 2006 but opted to change their name to the current one in 2007. On this debut album Animations are a quartet.

The music on "Animations" is fully instrumental and in many ways pretty close to the instrumental sections on Dream Theater´s music but maybe more correctly the music sounds very influenced by Liquid Tension Experiment (at times the bass even sounds like a Chapman stick). The technical level of the musicianship on the album is simply astonishing. I want to emphasise that these guys can play and I mean really play their instruments. There are several jaw dropping moments on the album. So that part of the album is world class.

There are some slight issues with the album though, and it´s not something excellent musicianship can fix. First of all this is a hard album to get through. 60 minutes of demanding intrumental music is probably a bit much to many ears (this won´t be a problem for some, so consider this a minor complaint). My second complaint is that the songs don´t stick that well in my head. It helps with repeated listens but sometimes I get the feeling that the songs are made to show off and not to evoke an emotional response from the listener. I simply miss some emotions and maybe a little less technical noodling (they just never let up, and there are next to no breathers for the duration of the album). Be it anger, melancholy, happiness or whatever. The music unfortunately leaves me a bit cold.

The production is professional and well sounding. A bit sterile and cold maybe but definitely professional. Quite the achivement for an independently released album.

I know I´m a bit harsh in my evaluation of this album, but being a virtuoso musician obligates and while "Animations" is full of challenging performances and the above mentioned jaw dropping moments, the lack of memorable songwriting is an issue. "Animations" is still a greatly enjoyable album in small portions though and a 3.5 star (70%) rating is deserved.

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