Album Review: Strange New Dawn - Planet System (2020)
Picture Credit: Strange New Dawn Strange New Dawn - Planet System Release: September 01, 2020 Label: Death to Music Format: CD/Digital Length: 74:13 Genre: Prog Metal / Doom Metal Origin: Kristiansand , Norway Twins ExBotteri (guitar, e-bow) and C:MBotteri (bass), both ex-members of Green Carnation and In the Woods... founded Strange New Dawn some years ago and released their debut album " The only one " in 2015. Together with Sven Rothe (drums), Muld (piano, keys), and ExRoyal (vocals) the sophomore longplayer was recorded and recenty published via Death to Music . "Planet System" contains thirteen tracks of mostly mid-tempo Prog Metal and Prog Rock. But it wouldn't be Strange New Dawn if those were the only influences defining their music. Ice cold atmosphere is carried by piano and keyboards, while bass, guitar and drum let sedated Doom Metal merge with Black Metal stakkati. The vocals on the other hand create an opulent narrative which is mesm...