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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Not Original But Good Nonetheless, June 1, 2005
Since no one has reviewed this yet I thought it would be good for my first review. I'll keep it short. If you listen to Isis, particularly Oceanic and Panopticon, you will find yourself in familiar territory. Callisto is similar to Isis in that they prefer churning power-chord driven instrumetal with sparse vocals which usually consist of monotone screams/growls. They differ in two ways. 1) Isis is better at producing dynamics between soft and melodic and crushing walls of noise. 2) Callisto sound more "European" than Isis in that their progressions often have that more minor/dissonant/operatic feel to them. Sorry that I have basically only compared one band to another, but it is the easiest way to describe this album. I would give Isis a five but I enjoy these guys as well. If you have never listened to Isis or Callisto what you should expect from either is down-tempo metal riffs with emphasis on progressions and instrumentation rather than vocals. What you should not expect from them is commercialized, radio-friendly, single-ready music. When you listen to these bands, you have to devote some time to them. If you're like me, you'll find it's well worth the wait.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Better than Isis, June 9, 2007
I have no idea which came first, but I have just listened to Oceanic and Panopticon, (not for the first time) and am just finishing listening to True Nature Unfolds.
It's better on my first listen. As the other two reviewers said, if you're fan of Isis, you are going to like this, even it is copying their style of music. If was a member of Isis, I'd be flattered.
Les.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
Pretty Decent., July 9, 2006
Fans of Isis/Neurosis/Pelican check out this album. I bought it about 2 years ago and still find myself enjoying it fairly often. This band isn't exactly groundbreaking, but I think they deserve a little more attention than they're getting.
It is sort of similar to Isis, although not nearly as brilliant. It contains very slow, sludgy, yet melodic riffing, Deep death growls, and is largely instrumental. Some of the songs actually create a pretty cool atmosphere, kind of a "cold" feeling... but not in that grim-northern-black-metal-forest-troll kind of way. The songs are progressive for the most part, going through different movements rather than a boring repetitive song structure, and there is quite a bit of variation such as some saxophones, some female vocals, and calmer non-distorted parts mixed in.
Not nearly the most treasured thing in my collection, but a good listen and a good purchase. It looks like they've just had a new album come out named "Noir" but I haven't been able to find it anywhere yet.
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