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Boy, does this band have a great guitar sound. Big, thick, and richly nuanced, they occupy a space somewhere between the mindless heaviosity of metal and the pseudo-intellectual grandeur of prog rock. Tom Englund's voice is similarly flexible, moving from a guttural roar one moment to an operatic, chesty bellow the next. Tilting things a bit to the prog rock side is the fact that this is a concept album, a song cycle based on the story of a person who is lured into a religious cult, stripped of his personality and self-respect, and then rejected and left alone again. The songs are tied together by a thread of spoken word sermonizing by a voice that represents the cult's leader. While it's not always clear to what degree Evergrey are criticizing mindless fanaticism and to what degree they're simply ridiculing religious belief of any kind ("Led to believe in a truth that was false/Truth builds on greed and the faith of the weak...Stupid of me to believe in your hypocrisy"), this isn't a mean-spirited album. There's a gentle, almost tender beauty to several of these songs, and the others build to the kind of big, cathartic climax that fans of Queensr˙che will likely find irresistible. Not bad at all. ~ Rick Anderson
Live Recording
Recording information: Division One Studios, Hedefors, Sweden (09/2003-02/2004).
Personnel: Tom Englund (vocals, guitar).
Audio Mixers: Tom Englund; Arnold Lindberg.
Inner Circle Music Review Average Rating: (4.5 out of 5 stars)   List All Reviews The Inner Circle CD
Awesome and passionate..as expected.
Submitted by Arrowink66 (Albuq, NM, USA) 
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Dark, Heavy, Melodic, Brilliant
The Inner Circle is Evergreys most polished, and also heaviest work to date.
The riffs are hard and distinctivly dark, especially when combined with the backing strings. The perfect album when you want something a little "progressive" but also dark and hard, without a hint of cheese.
The final track "When the Walls go Down" gives me chills every time, fantastic voice acting and and ending that must be heard to be beleived.
Submitted by haxor (Sydney, Australia)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No  Not my Favorite....But still really good
Earlier disc are better, This band is amazing live......go see 'em if they come to your town
Submitted by jbucci20 (Puyallup, WA)
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great cd
First i listened to it and i didnt like it ,but after listening to it for two or three times i just fell i love with it.bye the way if u dont have recreation day first buy that
Submitted by oneinplanet (glendale,CA)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No I love Metal But also melodic
This album just joins in that raw they had in the firts albums, to a melodic voices, with the female backing vox, of course also his wife (T.Englund), She adds that power but female touch. The keys ar the main theme in this album.My fav Ambassador, Touch of Blessing,More than Ever If you want something heavier check Mon. Morning, Apocl
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The truth is out there. Evergrey's new album does have strong X-Files leanings. In fact, it is a concept album that deals with alien abduction. Rather than addressing the subject in a cheesy sort of universal mode, though, it is the story of one man's struggle to understand what is happening to him. The lyrics, and the strong delivery by vocalist Tom S. Englund, convey the confusion, fear, and sense of helplessness splendidly. And yes, there is also music. Actually, the music is very strong and powerful progressive metal -- think Queensryche, Iron Maiden, and King Diamond all rolled together. The instrumentation really adds to the storyline. At times it emphasizes, ...
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Sweden's Evergrey figure among a rare breed of progressive metal bands capable of balancing their undeniably impressive musicianship and lofty song and lyric-writing ambitions with the commitment to serving a song's best interest, not their own individual instrumental prowess. More unique yet is their heavy reliance on power metal -- often the most predictable and repetitive of metal subgenres -- for much of their sonic imprint, as they effortlessly integrate its best elements into their inventive compositions. Arguably their most consistent and rewarding to date, the group's stellar fourth album Recreation Day fleshes out what few forced experiments had tarnished earlier works into a strong and cohesive set from start to finish. Singer/guitarist Tom Englund wisely eschews the operatic excesses employed by many of his peers, both in the progressive and power metal fields; yet his range is quite impressive, ranging from delicately emotive melodies (particularly on the beautiful "Madness Caught Another Victim") to spitting fury ...
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