2016-07-09 4:00:45 ¶ ●

By Thomas “EidolonOrpheus” Ferkol

A whole ‘Strife’-style album could be culled out of the hard-rockers on Volume 10. Like Beatdown, Skaian Ride sees a heap of attention on this album, including this punk garage-band version. The drum work here is relentless: you’d need three foot-pedals to keep the bass drum going at this kind of pace.

2016-07-20 4:01:02 ¶ ●

By Thomas “EidolonOrpheus” Ferkol

Atmospheric. The liner notes mention that EidolonOrpheus was inspired by Calliope, hiding deep in the Furthest Ring. It was a place of temporary refuge, but one subject to an ever-present threat of annihilation. The instrumentation reinforces that feeling: light, yet somehow sad.