I've been waiting for their latest album, Enigma and man.. was it worth the wait!!!
You want to get this one! Just saying!
AEON ZEN "Divinity"^ that's the heaviest song ...there is a huge variety of songs on the album... and all impeccable..
Quick overview..
Aeon Zen is Rich Hinks on guitar, bass, keyboards, drums, vocals, & programming with Andi Kravljaca on vocals, Shaz on keys, Steve Burton on drums and Matt Shepherd on guitars. Enigma also features Jonny Tatum of Eumeria, Atle Petterson of Above Symmetry and Nate Loosemore of Lost in Thought… WUT?!!
Best selection / combination / placement of vocalists after Star One... Actually I would go as far as to say Rich Hinks is a young Lucassen...
He carries out the production, mixing & mastering duties in addition to his lead guitar, keys, bass, saxophone… composes all the songs…and sings as well
He must have worked hard on every detail here as the album is impeccable from start to finish; from the pristine production to selection and placement of the vocalists, from the flow to the mastery in execution it is a masterpiece.
The music is complex but it is, I mean the complexity, is hiding so skilfully behind the melody, you don’t get the feeling that the substrate work is any convoluted. It is very technical yet does not sound technical… It is so heartfelt, it is more accessible than it would have been with what the technical complexity implies there…
Any other fans?