Tracks to Catch: "The Curtain Fall" has a some really killer, fast-paced guitar work. "At Loss for Words" balances the band’s frantic aggression with its slower-paced style. "Monday Morning Apocalypse" is a powerful, in-your-face rocker that kicks the album off in a great way. "Till Dagmar" is a beautiful piano interlude. "Closure" is simply Tom Englund and a piano - an amazingly moving, open and vulnerable way to end the album.
Rating: 9/10
Monday Morning Apocalypse is more than the sum of its parts. Less progressive than past releases in terms of concept and orchestration, yet more progressive if we really think about what that word means. This is Evergrey taking their sound and nudging it in a different direction. This is an album made by a band that is confident of its identity and is comfortable trying something that breaks its own mold, if even just a bit. Monday Morning Apocalypse gives us a peek at Evergrey at their most sincere, their most earnest, and their most focused.
Article comments
1 - CJ Plain
Thank you for a great review of an amazing record by an even MORE amazing band.
Evergrey is THEE best thing going in metal today. Power, Precision, and beauty. Nobody else is the world compares on record OR live.
Thanks.
2 - Progged
CJ: No problem. Thanks for reading and for the comment.
My appreciation for Evergrey has grown. The first album of theirs I checked out was Inner Circle. Good, but not as good as some of their others. Their entire catalog has a lot of fantastic metal. They are really a group to keep and eye on.
3 - Dimitrios
Great album great songs great vocals great rhytms.
A must have album.