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Shining 2007 Grindstone [VBR HQ]

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Shining - 2007 - Grindstone [VBR HQ]
Genre: Progressive Rock
Country: Norway
Web: http://www.shining.no/

Album review (at Boomkat):
After the free-for-all progressive jazz of their previous album "In The Kingdom Of Kitsch You Will Be A Monster", young Norwegian quartet Shining seem to have gone all-out for operatic metal and ridiculously elaborate instrumental flourishes in the vein of someone like Dream Theater. Initially, it all sounds incredibly, preposterously theatrical. Oh lordy. Or should that be Lordi? ‘Wintereisse’ is what Slayer would sound like if they got Rick Wakeman in for a session. Next up is ‘Stalemate Longan Runner’ which is clearly inspired by the doomier end of the metal spectrum until its coda sees the piece transformed into a kind of far-out chamber music, which leads nicely into the delicate music box interlude ‘To Be Proud Of Crystal Colors Is To Live Again’. Next up is the actually quite brilliant ‘70s pomp rock of ‘Moonchild Mindgames’, a piece of baroque nonsense Emmerson, Lake and Palmer might come out with in soundcheck. By the time you get to the end of Grindstone you might be unsure as to what exactly just happened to your ears. Penultimate track, ‘1:4:9’ sums this up perfectly with its weird melding of grindcore abrasion and ponderous fairytale melodies played out on flute, dulcimer and twinkling percussion. Absolutely nuts, and quite brilliant.

Track list:

01) In The Kingdom Of Kitsch You Will Be A Monster (05:40)
02) Winterreise (03:33)
03) Stalemate Longan Runner (04:15)
04) To Be Proud of Crystal Colors is to Live Again (00:50)
05) Moonchild Mindgames (03:06)
06) The Red Room (02:16)
07) Asa Nisis Masa (01:52)
08) To Be Proud of Crystal Colors is to Live Again (01:10)
09) Psalm (07:21)
10) - -... .- - . - .... (02:07)
11) 1-4-9 (05:04)
12) Fight Dusk with Dawn (06:54)

Total time: 44:08 min

Line up:
- Jørgen Munkeby (saxophones, flutes, clarinet, Akai EWI, electric and acoustic guitars, electric bass, rhodes, synths, piano, accordion, mellotron, harmonium, church organ, celesta, vocals, string and drum programming, editing)
- Aslak Hartberg (acoustic and electric bass, drum machine, percussion, handclaps)
- Torstein Lofthus (drums, percussion)
- Morten Qvenild (rhodes, synths, clavinet, piano, celesta, Casio sampler, drum machine, mellotron)

Label: Rune Grammofon

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