RIVERSIDE — Out Of Myself (review)

RIVERSIDE — Out Of Myself album cover Album · 2003 · Metal Related Buy this album from MMA partners
4.5/5 ·
Stephen
This is my second attempt of recapturing the essence of Riverside's debut after stunningly impressed with their sophomore release, "Second Life Syndrome". I was listening to this album back when it's released but since I don't really have a deep affection to progressive rock, I found them to be decent, until now, when I sat on my comfort couch, and the gentle combination of progressive metal rotating the psychedelic pivot began outflowing through the speakers.

"The Same River" started slow and long before the distorted guitar kicking in, this is a wonderful semi-instrumental track. The title track, dominated by Duda's bass lines and walking on a harsh rhythm, is a good effort of Riverside wandering around the decent progressive metal territory. "I Believe" showed their softer side, playing an acoustical ballad with the noisy chattering in the middle puts up an unusual flair to the song, genius! Praise also goes to other similar tracks, "Loose Heart" and "In Two Minds". Twin parts of "Reality Dream" instrumental series are a very-well representation of explosive prog metal flavor with Pink Floyd-ish ambience. "The Curtain Falls" followed the pattern of "The Same River" where in the later part, the song evolved to a gorgeous metal-driven instrumental piece.

"Out of Myself" has an excellent sonic quality and the listening journey is unbelievably magical. I won't argue with the bold statement of the fans that this is such a jaw-dropping impressive debut. If you fancy the modern breed of psychedelic metal, or perhaps Porcupine Tree and Tool are one of your fave bands, Riverside's debut might be an extreme surprise.
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