July 2016

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.

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.