Old Man & The Spirit

Beyond the Bridge (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 24, 2012)
• Original Release Date: 2011
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Frontiers Records
• ASIN: B0065HDLN0
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #24,858 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

BEYOND THE BRIDGE is a new Progressive Metal band hailing from Germany, founded by guitarist Peter Degenfeld-Schonburg and keyboardist Christopher Tarnow in 1999. After several line-up changes, they finally cemented a line-up featuring Oberender (long time collaborator of famed producer Sascha Paeth) and two singers Herbie Langhans (male) and Dylenia Mar (female). This interesting line-up of professionally trained musicians gave life to a concept album, "The Old Man and The Spirit", dealing with the polarity of human sensuousness and superhuman awareness. The latter is embodied by the character of the Spirit. She is the personification of all wisdom and awareness that is unachievable to mankind; however, lacks the ability to feel. Her opponent, the character of the Old Man, is presented as a bon vivant who has lived through all highs and lows of human sensation. The result is a truly interesting set of songs, which will certainly appeal to fans of such acts as Dream Theater, Vandenplas and Pain of Salvation.

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Amazing Accomplishment!, January 30, 2012

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Barry C. Thompson "KirksNoseHair" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Old Man & The Spirit (Audio CD)

I am rarely moved to write reviews on this site, although I have purchased hundreds of albums from here over the years. But what Beyond The Bridge have achieved with this release is, to me, nothing short of stunning. If you are in for a "quick fix" then look elsewhere. This is a work of art that is to be savored. Multiple listens will be required to fully appreciate the beauty and majesty of this wonderful album. The vocal melodies are captivating, haunting, angry, resentful, melancholy, sad, uplifting and everything in between. I don't like to compare bands too much, but for those who are wondering what this band sounds like, take the guitar work of a band like Dream Theater, mix in the melodic sensibilities of a band like Kamelot and the theatrics of mid-era Savatage and you've got "The Old Man and The Spirit" I gave it 5 stars only because I could not give it 500 stars!