Releasedate: 14-08-2009; Label: Limb Music
\nBy: Sofie Bergen<\/i><\/small><\/p>\n
Silent Memorial is a band from Switzerland, their album \u201cCosmic Handball\u201d is released in 1998, being their debut. About 10 years later, they released a new album \u201cRetrospective\u201d and their label re-released \u201cCosmic Handball\u201d to celebrate the success of the progrockers.
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\n\u201cCosmic Handball\u201d starts with an instrumental track. It\u2019s begins peaceful and then rolls forward to a more glorious piece of music. As soon as the second track started you get a prototype of any prog-rock song smacked in the face. Long, virtual solo\u2019s. Virtual? Well, let\u2019s say these bring you in science fiction kind of atmospheres. Surreal. Fits the genre, but perhaps a little hold back would be better. It starts to bore after a while. Towards the end of the album, the ego\u2019s can bind together more and can we enjoy a song as \u201cCosmic Tornado\u201d who gives space to all of the musicians. Feels like there is something to breathe. Before it felts more like a inner band struggle for attention. The melodic texture of the songs are often quite strong a clearly there, but not in such a way that it starts being irritating. If there is a conclusion to be made, it won\u2019t be that Silence Memorial is that band that brings something unique. It won\u2019t be a new hype, but it has rights of existence. Not too bad, but not a new greatness either.<\/p>\n