INTO ETERNITY — Buried in Oblivion (review)

INTO ETERNITY — Buried in Oblivion album cover Album · 2004 · Progressive Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
4/5 ·
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Into Eternity's first two albums have scored pretty poorly on this web site; however, their third album "Buried in Oblivion" sees a full four stars. I've read some favourable reviews out there with one reviewer on the Metal Archives site calling this their best album!

The sticker on the shrink wrap when I bought the CD said, "Progressive metal for the death metal fan; Death metal for the progressive metal fan". That should give you a good impression what to expect, though I would less there's less death and more prog. The songs feature tight technical playing and lots of awesome riffs that show up like on "Desolation" and "Isolation". There's plenty of time-signature juggling as well. The vocals range from deep growls and shredded throats to soaring, clean vocals and clean vocal harmonies. One reviewer said the guitar sounds are both the "tweedly tweedly" type and the "chugga chugga" type. Fair enough!

Two points that may sway interest are 1) most of the songs feature the same elements so it takes a few listens to be able to distinguish tracks and 2) all the lyrics revolve around "desolation" and "isolation" and mental anguish and depression. I think Pain of Salvation ruined that for me with their "Perfect Element" album. Enough broken people concepts!

I personally am really surprised to know this band came from Regina, Saskatchewan. Regina has a strong metal scene that I didn't know about, though Kick Axe and the seventies rock/hard rock band, Streetheart, are both from Regina. I'm really impressed to hear a band with this calibre of playing and this sound coming out of a Prairie city. I have since bought their fifth album and have their latest album on order.
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